[mythtv-users] Mythbackend System lockup; Checking root filesystem
Tim Tait
tim.tait1 at gmail.com
Thu May 26 16:21:07 UTC 2005
Is the console still responsive? (does capslock still toggle the LED?)
What filesystem(s) do you have?
Are you running Raid?
What motherboard/IDE controller?
Tim
James Pifer wrote:
> My mythbackend machine locked up around 3AM last night. Actually the
> hard drive light showed constant activity this morning, but the box was
> not accessible, either on the console or network. This is not the first
> time it's happened, but it does not happen often.
>
> So I reset the box. It prompted me for a file system check when it came
> up and i hit Y to do it. Now it's sitting at "Checking root filesystem"
> and has been for over an hour. The hard drive lights is again showing
> constant activity.
>
> System is FC3 with a 3-drive LVM, running Myth 0.16.
> Should I let it keep working?
> Should I reset and not do the file system check?
> Anything else I should do?
>
> Thanks,
> James
>
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