Bug 367771 - Fedora 7 Boot failure post system update to many components, kernel and raid
Summary: Fedora 7 Boot failure post system update to many components, kernel and raid
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Status: CLOSED INSUFFICIENT_DATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: kernel
Version: 7
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
low
urgent
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Assignee: Kernel Maintainer List
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2007-11-06 00:41 UTC by Greg Neid
Modified: 2008-01-16 03:35 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2008-01-16 03:35:04 UTC
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Description Greg Neid 2007-11-06 00:41:25 UTC
Update system, including linux kernel and Raid, then system will not boot.  
GRUB message only.

Occurred after auto-update on November 2, 2007.  I do not know the update info, 
as I never expected this type of failure.

Bug is reproducable every time, I assume. But I cannot do the update again to 
reproduce the bug, because I cannot get the system to work at all.

I am new at this, and too inexpereicne to really troubleshoot well.  However, I 
tried to rescue the system from a bootable CD and was unsuccessful, even after 
following the instruction exactly.  The rescue procedure implied success, but 
the system was still not bootable.

Comment 1 Chuck Ebbert 2007-11-06 19:40:21 UTC
What does the GRUB message say?

And what instructions did you follow to rescue the system?


Comment 2 Greg Neid 2007-11-06 20:44:12 UTC
GRUB message is "GRUB", nothing else

Rescue:
1. Boot from Fedora 7 install CD
2. click on Rescue
3. at $ prompt-> chroot /mnt/sysimage
4. reboot
5.  back to "GRUB" on screen

additional info:
system is Xeon dual processor 4 gig memory

Comment 3 Greg Neid 2007-11-07 23:17:34 UTC
started system using Fedora 7 Live
used GParted to view partitions
1. /dev/sda1  ext3  /boot
2. /dev/sda2  unknown partition  (this is the original data partition, no 
longer recognized).

Unless you have any more questions, I am going to format and re-install.

Comment 4 Greg Neid 2007-11-07 23:18:19 UTC
if you can help me get the data back, that would be useful??!!

Comment 5 Chuck Ebbert 2007-11-07 23:58:21 UTC
Try mounting the partition from the Live CD. But it may take an expert on-site
to really make a good attempt at recovery...



Comment 6 Greg Neid 2007-11-08 11:24:52 UTC
Thanks

Comment 7 Christopher Brown 2008-01-16 03:35:04 UTC
Hello,

I'm reviewing this bug as part of the kernel bug triage project, an attempt to
isolate current bugs in the Fedora kernel.

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/KernelBugTriage

I am resolving this bug INSUFFICIENT_DATA as it appears that that the original
reporter will not be able to troubleshoot, unless it has re-occurred for them.
Please re-open if this is still an issue on upgrades.


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