I restarted the a Centos 5.6 server tonight and I ran in this issue: I was able to boot. Then instead of a normal boot with graphical interface the system requested : 'Enter run level' 'INIT' I typed 5 then I got 'INIT: no more process left in this run level How can I recover from the situation? This is a production system back-up are made but left on the disk and transfer at the end of the day into an other system --- Michel Donais -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20110903/8d1923e8/attachment.html>
On Sat, 2011-09-03 at 22:44 -0400, Michel Donais wrote:> Then instead of a normal boot with graphical interface the system > requested : > 'Enter run level' > 'INIT' > I typed 5 > then I got 'INIT: no more process left in this run levelTry 3. If that does not work try 1 and see if the machine will start. Paul.
Try looking at your inittab under /etc Sent on the Sprint? Now Network from my BlackBerry? -----Original Message----- From: "Michel Donais" <donais at telupton.com> Sender: centos-bounces at centos.org Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2011 22:44:38 To: CentOS mailing list<centos at centos.org> Reply-To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> Subject: [CentOS] big problem at boot _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS at centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
See if you can boot into single user and try to init 3 from there...let us know what happen. ------Original Message------ From: Always Learning Sender: centos-bounces at centos.org To: CentOS mailing list ReplyTo: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] big problem at boot Sent: Sep 3, 2011 10:47 PM On Sat, 2011-09-03 at 22:44 -0400, Michel Donais wrote:> Then instead of a normal boot with graphical interface the system > requested : > 'Enter run level' > 'INIT' > I typed 5 > then I got 'INIT: no more process left in this run levelTry 3. If that does not work try 1 and see if the machine will start. Paul. _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS at centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Sent on the Sprint? Now Network from my BlackBerry?
I hope you have good backups, print the partition table and reload the OS in the box...check the logs maybe someone hack your box and changed things around. Alternatevely, you can always try installing X window system from init 3, try doing a yum grouremove "X Window System" "Desktop" -y && yum groupinstall "X Window System" "Desktop" -y Let us know how it goes. ------Original Message------ From: Michel Donais Sender: centos-bounces at centos.org To: CentOS mailing list ReplyTo: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] big problem at boot Sent: Sep 4, 2011 9:29 AM Subject: Re: [CentOS] big problem at boot> > On Sat, 2011-09-03 at 22:44 -0400, Michel Donais wrote: > >> Then instead of a normal boot with graphical interface the system >> requested : >> 'Enter run level' >> 'INIT' >> I typed 5 >> then I got 'INIT: no more process left in this run level > > Try 3. > > If that does not work try 1 and see if the machine will start.I also tried 1 and 3 It's whorst than expected. I booted the system with a Centos 5.6 boot disc in rescue mode and when it's time to search for linux partition on the system hard disk I get a message telling that there is no partition on that disk. So what's next to recover --- Michel Donais _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS at centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Sent on the Sprint? Now Network from my BlackBerry?
Certainly that's a good idea. ------Original Message------ From: Always Learning Sender: centos-bounces at centos.org To: CentOS mailing list ReplyTo: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] big problem at boot Sent: Sep 4, 2011 11:23 AM On Sun, 2011-09-04 at 09:29 -0400, Michel Donais wrote:> It's whorst than expected. > I booted the system with a Centos 5.6 boot disc in rescue mode and when it's > time to search for linux partition on the system hard disk I get a message > telling that there is no partition on that disk. > > So what's next to recoverI would download Parted Magic from http://partedmagic.com/doku.php?id=downloads Copy it to a CD. Boot from that CD. It runs in RAM. After setting the screen size form an icon on the left side, run GPARTED which will give you a clearer understanding of your hard disk drive. Good Luck, Paul. _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS at centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Sent on the Sprint? Now Network from my BlackBerry?
Michel Donais <donais at ...> writes:> > > I restarted the a Centos 5.6 server tonight and I > ran in this issue: > ? > I was able to boot. > Then instead of a normal boot with graphical > interface the system requested : > 'Enter run level' > 'INIT' > I typed 5 > then I got 'INIT: no more process left in this run > level > ? > How can I recover?from ?the > situation?A tad late but you can try running "smartctl -H /dev/sdX" or "smartctl -a /dev/sdX" where /dev/sdX is your boot disk. Chances are that it will only tell you what you already know: the drive is dying. I've had good luck with smartd telling me when a disk is starting to fail. Partition tables don't just disappear on healthy hard drives. Cheers, Dave