I have a centos 4 x86_64 machine that has been working fine. It has software RAID-1. Now when it boots I get the GRUB screen, I get the very first screen about loading Init then I get a prompt about: Enter Run Level: When I enter 3 nothing happens... This is obviously not a normal boot situation. First question: Why this prompt? Second question: since it is software raid do I run e2fsck /dev/sda1 then e2fsck /dev/sdb1? I am booted presently into linux rescue mode. Seems like /dev/md0 is not know in linux rescue... I presume the file system is messed up so I was wanting to run e2fsck. It is an ext3 system. Thanks, Jerry
Jerry Geis wrote:> I have a centos 4 x86_64 machine that has been working fine. > It has software RAID-1. > > Now when it boots I get the GRUB screen, I get the very first > screen about loading Init then I get a prompt about: > > Enter Run Level: > > When I enter 3 nothing happens... This is obviously not a normal boot > situation. > > First question: Why this prompt? > Second question: since it is software raid do I run e2fsck /dev/sda1 > then e2fsck /dev/sdb1? > I am booted presently into linux rescue mode. Seems like /dev/md0 is > not know in linux rescue... > > I presume the file system is messed up so I was wanting to run e2fsck. > It is an ext3 system. > > Thanks, > > Jerry >He looks like the /etc/inittab file got HOSED. It had nothing in it. I re-created it from another machine and it is OK. Jerry