[mythtv-users] Help / suggestions /: Myth locked up and now ...

Tony Maro tony at maro.net
Thu Dec 25 14:09:55 EST 2003


I have in the past just pulled the drive out and threw it in one of the
other 3 Linux boxes in my house and do my changes from there.  I can
have access to a full suite of apps plus network usage.  Knoppix is
good, mind you, but sometimes it's just better to feel at home with your
own boot image.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org 
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Jarod C. Wilson
> Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2003 2:16 AM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Help / suggestions /: Myth locked 
> up and now ...
> 
> 
> On Dec 24, 2003, at 09:05, Jayson Garrell wrote:
> 
> >> No I do not have a rescue floppy!  The system boots though,
> >>         but the first indication that something is bad is vgscan no
> >>         longer sees my logvol (non-root) and a message that says
> >>         /cat/bin: write error , no space left on disk.
> >>
> >
> > 	Probably the easiest thing is if you have a rescue 
> cdrom. Also notice 
> > that the error above says no space left on device, that would cause 
> > lots of problems. If is full that would cause lvm not to be able to 
> > register the device, hence it is not there.
> >
> > 	Boot from a rescue cd, I use gentoo since it comes with 
> all of the 
> > lvm tools on the live cd. Run vgscan, if it complains about 
> the volume 
> > group not being active do...
> 
> And if you're a RH/FC person, you can also boot off CD1, and pass 
> "linux rescue" at the boot: prompt. I vary between that and 
> Knoppix for 
> most rescue operations.
> 
> -- 
> Jarod C. Wilson, RHCE
> 
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