RHEL 4 Boot Error

carlosinfl · 06-02-2009, 12:22 PM

When I boot my Linux RHEL system, I get the following error:

Checking root filesystem
fsck.ext3: No such file or directory while trying to open /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 ..................... [Failed]

***An error occurred during the file system check.
***Dropping you to a shell; the system will reboot
***when you leave the shell.
Give root password for maintenance (or type Control-D to continue):

1 - if I type the root password, I can get to a prompt
2 - if I type "control-d, the system reboots

I can type in the root password and I get a prompt as follows:

Code:

(Repair filesystem) 1 #

Can someone please explain the best thing to do? I can cd to any directory and recover data but I would like to resolve this issue and avoid reinstalling the OS and applications.

Thanks for any help!

custangro · 06-02-2009, 05:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Carlwill

When I boot my Linux RHEL system, I get the following error:

Checking root filesystem
fsck.ext3: No such file or directory while trying to open /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 ..................... [Failed]

***An error occurred during the file system check.
***Dropping you to a shell; the system will reboot
***when you leave the shell.
Give root password for maintenance (or type Control-D to continue):

1 - if I type the root password, I can get to a prompt
2 - if I type "control-d, the system reboots

I can type in the root password and I get a prompt as follows:

Code:

(Repair filesystem) 1 #

Can someone please explain the best thing to do? I can cd to any directory and recover data but I would like to resolve this issue and avoid reinstalling the OS and applications.

Thanks for any help!

What's the output of:

mount
df -h

-C

carlosinfl · 06-03-2009, 08:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by custangro

What's the output of:

mount
df -h

-C

Code:

(Repair filesystem) 2 # mount
/dev/sda1 on / type ext3 (rw)
none on /proc type proc (rw)

Code:

(Repair filesystem 3 # df -h
Filesystem          Size        Used     Avail   Use%    Mounted on
/dev/sda1          229G         21G      197G     10%       /

custangro · 06-03-2009, 09:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Carlwill

Code:

(Repair filesystem) 2 # mount
/dev/sda1 on / type ext3 (rw)
none on /proc type proc (rw)

Code:

(Repair filesystem 3 # df -h
Filesystem          Size        Used     Avail   Use%    Mounted on
/dev/sda1          229G         21G      197G     10%       /

Sorry I didn't mention it earilier...but I also need the output of...

cat /etc/fstab

-C

doublejoon · 06-03-2009, 10:12 AM

Do a
pvscan
vgscan
lvscan

jerel4565 · 06-07-2009, 10:01 PM

It seems that /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 is trying to be mounted and it does not exist. Maybe a directory was mounted on it that no longer is there. Post the output of cat /etc/fstab.