Re: [SLE] must boot from suse 10 DVD

On Monday 30 January 2006 2:16 pm, Gracia M. Littauer wrote:
> SuSE version 10..clean install a few months ago
> SATA 160GB HD - 4 partitions xfs
>
> no major problems until last wk....I think the was an unnoticed quick
> power outage; I'm plugged into a APC surge stripe. Everything but the
> cpu was on.
>
> when I tried to reboot I get a little groan from my HD & a black screen
> with <GRUB loading Stage2.....> on the upper left side and no HD
> activity.

Sounds like the hard drive is dying. Get the Ultimate Boot CD
(ultimatebootcd.com) and run the drive tests from the manufacturer of your
hard drive. Well worth the download for those diagnostics alone plus it has
tons of other software for inspecting systems.

That test may tell you whether the drive is dying or if it has other
problems.

> I can boot from the SuSE 10 DVD by going to <other> in the option page &
> choosing <from installed system>. I tried <repair>, but it can't find
> any mounted partitions! this even though it boots from them. Yast shows
> them.
>
> We reinstalled the kernel, rewrote mbr, checked the bios, checked logs,
> checked /etc/fstab, checked my sanity!
>
> Any ideas, short of a new clean install & a 1500+ watt UPS!!!

Clean install to a spare drive while this one gets RMA'd under warranty?

> --
> Gracia

Stan

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