Subj : Re: Fedora failure pattern To : comp.os.linux From : Bruce Coryell Date : Mon Aug 23 2004 12:31 am Thanks - the first paragraph seemed to help. Moe Trin wrote: > In article , Bruce Coryell wrote: > >>I'm running Fedora Core 1 and have, several times, gotten this 1-2 >>series of failures: First sendmail fails and hangs (the first failure), > > > Let it set for five or six minutes. Does it come up then? At that > point, it should give a hint as to what is wrong - a specific error > message. For example, a _VERY_ common problem is sendmail being > unable to figure out it's full hostname, and the timeout of several > minutes is while it's waiting for an answer from the name servers. > For that problem, make sure that the hostname in /etc/sysconfig/network > is a full name (with dots), and that the full name is found in the > /etc/hosts file. > > >>then when I force a reboot, the boot fails at the point of >>initializing the swap space (the second failure). > > > Unless you are having hardware problems - no clue. I've never seen > this kind of behaviour. > > >>The only solution at this point is to reformat and reinstall >>everything. This make any sense? > > > Absolutely not. Figure out how to boot into rescue mode off the CD (I > can't help there, I'm no longer using Red Hat), and see what the heck > is going on. You are likely using a e3fs (*journaled) file system, so > some of the e2fs tools won't work for you, but you could also get a > copy of "Tom's Root n Boot" (tomsrtbt) from a sunsite mirror. It's a > micro distribution that fits onto a single 3.5 inch floppy. > > ./system/recovery/ > 2646086 Jun 6 2001 tomsrtbt-1.7.361.ElTorito.288.img.bz2 > 2170498 Jun 6 2001 tomsrtbt-1.7.361.dos.zip > 1119 Jun 6 2001 tomsrtbt-1.7.361.lsm > 1782218 Jun 6 2001 tomsrtbt-1.7.361.tar.gz > > The LSM is a text description, but you'd need _one_ of the other three, > depending on how you plan to create the floppy (DOS, or *nix, or an > ElTorito image). > > Old guy > .