Re: [linux-audio-user] Ardour Crash + can't boot

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Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Ardour Crash + can't boot
From: Aaron Trumm (aaron_AT_nquit.com)
Date: Sun Apr 25 2004 - 03:17:48 EEST


that's what i'm thinkin - I don't care i'll rebuild - but I do want to know
if anyone has some advice on how I might be able to at least recover some
data - I have some backups, some stuff can be rebuilt, but there are like
four tracks in my latest ardour project that I would LOVE to get rescued...
hmmm...maybe DOS will see it? oh jeeze.

I'm wondering too HOW the harddrive hosed itself, because it's pretty
frickin new (got it last fall) - I did move though - so maybe it bumped - or
maybe ardour zapped it *laugh* damn you Paul! ;)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jan Depner" <eviltwin69_AT_cableone.net>
To: "A list for linux audio users" <linux-audio-user_AT_music.columbia.edu>
Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2004 2:57 PM
Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Ardour Crash + can't boot

> Man, that doesn't sound good. I believe at this point that you are the
> proud owner of a smoked system. The disk may not be physically bad but
> it sounds like it might be. Maybe someone else has more insight into
> this though.
>
> Jan
>
>
> On Sat, 2004-04-24 at 18:07, Aaron Trumm wrote:
> > Well - interesting.
> >
> > Thanks to these replies, I learned to use "linux single" at that boot:
> > prompt
> >
> > That got me in a shell, along with this error:
> >
> > The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2
> > filesytem. If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2
filesystem
> > (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock is corrupt,
and
> > you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock:
> > e2fsck -b 8193 <device>
> >
> > fsck.ext3: Filesystem revision too high while trying to open /dev/hda2
> >
> > eek, I say. so I said oh alright and entered:
> > e2fsck -b 8193 /dev/hda2
> >
> > and got the same superblock error
> >
> > so I referred to Jan's email and typed:
> > fsck /dev/hda2
> >
> > and got the same superblock error
> >
> > so I said hmm and tried:
> > fsck /dev/hda
> >
> > and got a similar superblock error only it mentioned ext2 - odd?
> >
> >
> > and that's where I'm stuck currently - worried that I've got a hardware
> > malfunction :)
> >
> >
> > here's the caveat: last night before hearing back from anyone, I, in my
> > grand wise impatience, booted with the red hat cd and entered the rescue
> > mode. there, per instructions I found in an archived email, I attempted
to
> > mount hda2 and it said the device doesn't exist. eek. so then, in my
GRAND
> > GRAND wise impatience, I decided to let Red Hat CD install a new OS,
while
> > keeping all partitions and just using free space. during this install
> > process, I got error messages while reading hda - i hobbled through the
> > process, let it reboot, and came out with the same kernel panic, which
led
> > me to believe I was having a harddisk screw up. then I went to bed and
got
> > up and tried the above.
> >
> > Aaron will be backing up more often from this day forward. :)
> >
> > ideas?
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jan Depner" <eviltwin69_AT_cableone.net>
> > To: "A list for linux audio users" <linux-audio-user_AT_music.columbia.edu>
> > Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2004 3:34 AM
> > Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Ardour Crash + can't boot
> >
> >
> > > If you boot in single user mode you should only get that if you're
> > > trying to fsck the root partition. AFAIK you kinda have to ignore it
in
> > > that case. I don't know what recourse you have in the case of a hosed
> > > root partition. I've never had a problem with fsck'ing the root
> > > partition though (that covers about 16 years of UNIX sysadmin (and 11
of
> > > Linux)). Of course, it could blow up on me the next time I have to do
> > > it ;-) Man, you're up early today Ron.
> > >
> > > Jan
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sat, 2004-04-24 at 05:22, R Parker wrote:
> > > > Jan,
> > > >
> > > > Do you ignore the warning that running fsck on a
> > > > mounted partition can cause serious damage? I used to
> > > > ignore it and never had a problem but as my collection
> > > > of valuable material grows I become more paranoid. I
> > > > imagine Aaron will see that message.
> > > >
> > > > ron
> > > >
> > > > --- Jan Depner <eviltwin69_AT_cableone.net> wrote:
> > > > > Aaron,
> > > > >
> > > > > Sounds strange. If you are using LILO to boot
> > > > > press <Ctrl>-x at the
> > > > > splash screen and then enter "linux single" at the
> > > > > boot: prompt to boot
> > > > > into single user mode. If you are using GRUB you
> > > > > can press "e" when the
> > > > > GRUB splash screen comes up. Highlight your normal
> > > > > boot line with the
> > > > > arrow keys, press "e" again, add " single" to the
> > > > > end of the boot line,
> > > > > press Enter, press "b". This will boot you into
> > > > > single user mode. At
> > > > > that point you can look around your system and see
> > > > > if anything is
> > > > > amiss. Many times just getting it to boot into
> > > > > single user mode and
> > > > > then doing a clean reboot will clear up any problems
> > > > > you have. If
> > > > > you're getting a message about having to manually
> > > > > fix a disk partition
> > > > > you can manually fsck a disk partition by entering
> > > > > "fsck
> > > > > /dev/hdWHATEVER". Usually I just agree to let it
> > > > > fix whatever is wrong
> > > > > at that point since anything more involved is
> > > > > "magic". Good luck.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Jan
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Sat, 2004-04-24 at 04:57, Aaron Trumm wrote:
> > > > > > reposting this cuz I ALWAYS forget to make the
> > > > > messages plain text from my
> > > > > > windows machine:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hello all - this has actually become a general
> > > > > problem, but I think it was
> > > > > > caused by Ardour, so I'm cross posting on linux
> > > > > audio and the ardour lists
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I'm running Red Hat and the latest ardour from
> > > > > Planet CCRMA which I think is
> > > > > > 0.9beta11.2-1 - I was recording a take, and upon
> > > > > pushing stop Ardour
> > > > > > crashed - a similar has happened many times with
> > > > > this version, actually
> > > > > > pretty much every time - after the take, it gives
> > > > > me a memory error, I click
> > > > > > ok, ardour exits, I go back, but it kept the take.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > but this time, it crashed without that, i started
> > > > > ardour again, the take
> > > > > > WASN'T there, and then ardour either froze or
> > > > > crashed I can't remember which
> > > > > > cuz I was in session so it was hectic, and I
> > > > > needed to reboot manually and
> > > > > > so I did, and now, though, it won't boot - it
> > > > > hangs and says "kernel panic.
> > > > > > no init found. try passing the init= option"
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I can provide more details if needed - I think the
> > > > > kernel is also the latest
> > > > > > planet kernel - but from what I've been able to
> > > > > find I don't think it
> > > > > > matters.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > so I grabbed my emergency boot disk, or what I
> > > > > think is my emergency boot
> > > > > > disk, because I have never used it, and reset, and
> > > > > I get what I'm sure is a
> > > > > > familiar prompt to most, the 'ol
> > > > > >
> > > > > > boot:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > and it's telling me to hit return or wait ten
> > > > > seconds to boot from /dev/hda2
> > > > > > (hmmm - is that where the boot loader really is on
> > > > > my system? not sure) -
> > > > > > and that I can "type "linux <params>", and press
> > > > > <return> if I want to
> > > > > > override the defaults
> > > > > >
> > > > > > now I know nothing about these params and I'm more
> > > > > familiar with a dos boot
> > > > > > disk where i shove that thing in and reboot and
> > > > > I'm looking at a dos prompt
> > > > > > even if my harddrive is totally wanked.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > what I've read has told me to boot up and edit
> > > > > some files - fstab maybe?
> > > > > > but uh - *blush* - how can I get to a danged
> > > > > prompt?
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > for the ardour list: does this sound familiar, is
> > > > > this version of ardour
> > > > > > known to do this kind of thing?
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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