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.
What does the GRUB message say? And what instructions did you follow to rescue the system?
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
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.
if you can help me get the data back, that would be useful??!!
Try mounting the partition from the Live CD. But it may take an expert on-site to really make a good attempt at recovery...
Thanks
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.