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

[Jarod C. Wilson]

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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