F-9 rescue disk?

[Bob Goodwin]

Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> Bob Goodwin wrote:
>   
>> Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
>>     
>>> Bob Goodwin wrote:
>>>  
>>>       
>>>> Tim wrote:
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>>>>         
>>>>> If I recall correctly, the Live CD is already usable as a rescue disc,
>>>>> just choose the appropriate option when you boot.  Check the notes
>>>>> to be
>>>>> sure.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>> No, if that should work then nothing will I guess?
>>>>
>>>> It begins to boot but shows a mess of permission errors and then " init:
>>>> tty5 respawning too fast, stopped"  and that's all she wrote!
>>>>
>>>> I've probably lost it ...
>>>>
>>>> Maybe I should try the F-10 Lice CD since it was in the process of
>>>> changing things over?
>>>>
>>>> The live CD will boot the computer if I let it go but then I don't know
>>>> how to get on the original files on my hard drives?  I've never been
>>>> confronted with this problem until now.
>>>>
>>>> Bob
>>>>
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> Dumb question - how are you booting into the rescue mode? (The steps
>>> you are taking - not just boot from live CD.)
>>>
>>> Mikkel
>>>   
>>>       
>> The Live CD presents a normal grub screen when you hit enter and offers
>> several options, boot from local drive, seems appropriate.  That
>> produces the same result as if I just let the boot proceed normally
>> without the CD.  I get a raft of errors and it finally gives up and says
>> stopped.
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>     
> Ah - that is the problem - you are not booting into the rescue mode.
> You are booting the same way as if you had booted from the hard
> drive. Try entering "linux rescue" at the Grub prompt. (I normally
> the DVD image or the boot image off the DVD, so there may be an
> extra step when using the Live CD to get the Grub prompt, or a
> rescue option on the Grub menu.)
>
> Mikkel
>   
Ok, I can do that and fdisk sees the two drives, /dev/sda and sdb but 
not /dev/sdc which I believe is the CDROM drive?  And that's what's 
stopping the F-10 install from progressing, it can't fins /dev/sdc2?  
But if it is the cdrom it used it to get started!

And I still can't ssh into box6 [the failed unit].  It just reports no 
route to host.

What do I need to do next?

Bob