CentOS 5.2 Booting stall

jnyunt · 12-09-2010, 06:47 AM

Hi All
I have IBM x3200 server. I installed CentOS 5.2 with 3HDDs and 1 usb backup drive. it is hosting Samba with domain login. OS is installed on /dev/sda. /dev/sdb and /dev/sdc are raid1 for data. It has been working fine. recently I decided to take the image of OS drive. after rebooting, the system was stalled on HAL Daemon [OK]. it didn't go any further. no login screen or anything. But all users are still ok to login and see share drive. I couldn't find any error message at dmesg or message.log. So basically if i want to do any thing to server, i have to ssh it. Could anyone have idea where I should be digging to solve it?

Thanks very much in advance..

chickenjoy · 12-09-2010, 07:01 AM

the ttys do not load? (alt+Fx)
and which runlevel are you started in?

jnyunt · 12-09-2010, 03:40 PM

I started on runlevel 3. I havent try to get to other ttys, but i will have a go.

John VV · 12-09-2010, 06:52 PM

is there a particular reason for 5.2 when 5.5 is the current and supported version of CentOS
or are you planning on roiling your own "backported" bug fixes and security updates.

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recently I decided to take the image of OS drive

just how did you do this ?

you might have , by mistake, overwritten some system files when you made that back up copy of the 3 hdd's
where did you store the *.iso

jnyunt · 12-09-2010, 10:47 PM

Hi John
Thank for the reply, I am planning to "yum update" tonight, and see how it goes.
When I took backup, i just use acronis to image OS drive to USB hdd. then rebooted after that. didnt touch anything to other drive. Server is up and running and operational, except I dont have login screen, which I am not happy with (

)))..

davinders · 12-09-2010, 11:51 PM

How you have taken the OS drive backup ?

Try to restart once more & move into single user mode.........

Then move to runlevel 3 & check it.

jnyunt · 12-10-2010, 01:28 AM

thanks Davinders, I used Acronis to image drive.
Anyway, I tried Alt+Ctrl Fx, but nothing happened, no tty, just on the same screen, where showing all the loading status, last one was
HAL Daemon [OK] as described above.

chickenjoy · 12-10-2010, 06:25 AM

Quote:

Try to restart once more & move into single user mode.........

Then move to runlevel 3 & check it.

Can you try what davinders suggested?

jnyunt · 12-13-2010, 04:44 AM

Hi All
Sorry about taking so long to reply, I have been quite busy with other matter. anyway, I havent tried what davinders suggested yet, because I havent got much time to deal with it if any problem arise. It is production machine and working at the moment, except login screen. I will try what you guy say over the new year time, and I will report back.
Thanks all