fc6 boot error

[trashchris]

hey guys im a bit of a n00b so bare with me, i been running fc6 now for months without an issue and today when i try to boot the os i can only get as far as the "enabling local file system quotas" stage and it stalls, i have tired to rescue with the install dvd but getting nothing.

im new to the os so im not too hot with the troubleshooting.

im booting it off a sata hdd 250 gb WD

any advise welcome

[daverj]

You could have a problem with your quota files or some could be missing. Try the following:
1) boot up on a rescue disc
2) make sure you have an aquota.user and/or aquota.group for the filesystems for which you use quotas
3) disable quotas by removing usrquota and or grpquota from /etc/fstab
4) reboot
5) turn quota accounting off and run quotacheck

quotaoff -av
quotacheck -vagum (see manpage for options)


you may have to reset the quotas for your users.

davidj

[trashchris]

You could have a problem with your quota files or some could be missing. Try the following:
1) boot up on a rescue disc
2) make sure you have an aquota.user and/or aquota.group for the filesystems for which you use quotas
3) disable quotas by removing usrquota and or grpquota from /etc/fstab
4) reboot
5) turn quota accounting off and run quotacheck

quotaoff -av
quotacheck -vagum (see manpage for options)


you may have to reset the quotas for your users.

davidj

im asuming your refering to a rescue disk i should have made? an not just do a system rescue from the zod dvd?

[jbkt23]

An Fc6 rescue cd image is available from the same repository you downloaded the dvd image from. You don't have to have created one after your initial install.

jbkt23

[nick.stumpos]

you can use your install disk as a rescue, just type linux rescue at the boot prompt then chroot sysimage

[trashchris]

you can use your install disk as a rescue, just type linux rescue at the boot prompt then chroot sysimage

yea i done that, but got no where :/ same loading issues

[daverj]

don't chroot sysimage. just cd to the directory with the fstab file (can't remember exactly what the path is when booting from a rescue disc). then follow the steps above.

davidj

[cyclonmaster]

I had some booting problem too. I stuck at NTLDR missing. how to solve?