Problem with Fedora Core 11!

**akizor** · 10-20-2009

I have a problem with Fedora Core 11.
When i boot my system from the power button it brings me the interface of grub. This is the code:

Code:

GNU GRUB version 0.97 (638k lower / 20960663k upper memory)

[Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported. For the first word, TAB list possible command completions. Anywhere else TAB lists the possible completions of a device/filename.]

grub>

I saw this and i inserted the folowing commands and i have these responses:

Code:

grub> root (hd0,1)
  Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
grub> setup (hd0)
Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... no
Checking if "/grub/stage1" esists... no

Error 15t: File not found

The funny part is that i inserted the LiveCD of Fedora and these files are there.

I inserted the Fedora Core 11 DVD and choosed "Rescue installed system" to bring me the terminal.

These are the response of my commands:

Code:

bash-4.0# cd /mnt/sysimage
bash: /mnt/sysimage: No such file or directory

Code:

bash-4.0# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 320.0 GB, 320071851520 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x3f05c22e

     Device    Boot          Start             End             Blocks          Id          System
/dev/sda1      *                   1           17848      143360000      83          Linux
/dev/sda2                    17848          24222        51200000      83          Linux
/dev/sda3                    24222          24732          4096000      83          Linux
/dev/sda4                    24733          38913      113908882+    5            Extended
/dev/sda5                    24733          38913      113908736      83          Linux

fstab file:

Code:

bash-4.0# cat /etc/fstab
cat: /etc/fstab: No such file or directory

I tryed the mount command and still nothing:

Code:

bash-4.0# mounde /dev/sda1
warning: can't open /etc/fstab: No such file or directory
mount: can't find /dev/sda1 in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab

I searched to recover from this error and still nothing.

This is the result of the "df" command

Code:

bash-4.0# df -k
Filesystem                 1K-blocks            Used      Available     Use%        Mounted on
/dev                           1031640             114         1031496        1%           /dev
none                          1031640           113484       918156      12%           /tmp
/dev/loop0                   113408           113408                 0     100%          /mnt/runtime

I inserted the Fedora LiveCD, runed it and opened the terminal.
The LiveCD opens my partitions as media partition, even the "C:" partition

I opened "Logical Volume Management" and the program printed me something like this:

Code:

* Uninitialized Entities
--* /dev/sda
------* Partition 1
------* Partition 2
------* Partition 3
------* Partition 4
------* Partition 5

When i click a partition in the right they show me the properties and is something like this:

Code:

Properties for Disk Entity
/dev/sda1
Size: 136.72GB
Partition Type: Linux(0x83)
Mount Point: Unmounted
Mount Point when Rebooted: None
File System: Ext3

And the same thing they show me for every partition.

I TRYED VARIOUS RECOVERY MODES BUT STILL ISN'T STARTING MY LINUX. I HAVE VERY IMPORTANT FILES IN THIS PC AND THE FORMATTING IS EXCLUDED.

**yancek** · 10-20-2009

When I began reading your post, I assumed this was a new install of Fedora 11, but your last paragraph indicates you have a lot of important files. Is this an update of an earlier version of Fedora? If so, which one? When you tried to re-install Grub you were using (hd0,1). What's on (hd0,0). Fedora usually creates a boot partition which would usually be (hd0,0) but that's an awfully big partition for a boot partition? Do you have a separate boot partition? Try using the command "mount" from the CD.

To mount a specific partition from a Live CD you first need to create a mount point and should specify the filesystem type. From a terminal as root type:

mkdir /mnt/fedora11
mount -t ext3 /dev/sda1 /mnt/fedora11

**akizor** · 10-20-2009

Originally Posted by yancek

When I began reading your post, I assumed this was a new install of Fedora 11, but your last paragraph indicates you have a lot of important files. Is this an update of an earlier version of Fedora? If so, which one? When you tried to re-install Grub you were using (hd0,1). What's on (hd0,0). Fedora usually creates a boot partition which would usually be (hd0,0) but that's an awfully big partition for a boot partition? Do you have a separate boot partition? Try using the command "mount" from the CD.

To mount a specific partition from a Live CD you first need to create a mount point and should specify the filesystem type. From a terminal as root type:

mkdir /mnt/fedora11
mount -t ext3 /dev/sda1 /mnt/fedora11

i'll try with the LiveCD thing with mkdir and i'll post here the answer.

//edit
I entered with LiveCD, opened the Terminal and inserted the folowing commands as you specified.
>mkdir /mnt/fedora11
>mount -t ext3 /dev/sda1 /mnt/fedora11
It didnt show me no error and i guessed it worked, anyway "cd" to the target folder (/mnt/fedora11) worked.

I tryed the "root (hd0,0)" on grub interface and it shown me this error:

Code:

grub> root (hd0,0)
 Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83

To answer your questions:
- i didn't updated Fedora 11
- i did reinstall Grub with (hd0,1) - and, of course, didn't reinstalled it...but he's there...i dont know why.
- i don't know what is on (hd0,0)
- i sure know i have only 3 partitions and swap, as i know i did when i installed Fedora
- i dont think i have a separate boot partition.

What commands should i insert to answer your questions more specifically?

This is the result of my "mount" command. (tryed from LiveCD)

Code:

[root@localhost liveuser]# mount
/dev/mapper/live-rw on /type ext4 (rw,noatime)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,rootcontext="system_u:object_r:tmpfs_t:s0")
none on /proc/sysfs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw)
/dev/sr0 on /mnt/live type iso9660 (ro)
varcacheyum on /var/cache/yum type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755,rootcontext="system_u:object_r:var_t:s0")
/tmp on /tmp type tmpfs (rw,rootcontext="system_u:object_r:tmp_t:s0")
vartmp on /var/tmp type tmpfs (rw,rootcontext="system_u:object_r:tmp_t:s0")
sunrpc on /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw)
gvfs-fuse-daemon on /home/liveuser/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid.nodev.user=liveuser)

i tryed command "mount -t /dev/sda1" and didn't work

I inserted the folowing command in console from rescue cd:

Code:

bash-4.0# chroot /mnt/sysimage
chroot: cannot change root directory to /mnt/sysimage: No such file or directory

**yancek** · 10-20-2009

I tryed the "root (hd0,0)" on grub interface and it shown me this error: grub> root (hd0,0)
Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83

What? That's not an error, that's the expected output. Do it again and then do "setup (hd0), hit the enter key, type: quit, hit the enter key and you should be back at the root prompt.

The funny part is that i inserted the LiveCD of Fedora and these files are there.

You are probably looking at the files on the Fedora CD.

What happened immediately prior to this problem? Were you making any changes, doing updates, etc..?

The LiveCD opens my partitions as media partition, even the "C:" partition

What "C" partition are you talking about? When you installed Fedora, did you select no /boot partition? Fedora's default is to create a /boot partition so unless you changed it, it should be there. You also don't have any partition labelled as swap?

i tryed command "mount -t /dev/sda1" and didn't work

I wouldn't expect it to work with that command. You don't have a mount point to mount the filesystem and you need that, mkdir /mnt/fedora11. Everytime you reboot the computer while you are using the CD, you will need to do this because you're running in RAM and everything in RAM is gone on reboot.

- i don't know what is on (hd0,0)

??That's your largest partition, almost half the drive??

I think sda3 should be swap but its ID is 83 and it should be 82. Were you changing partitions before this happened?

**akizor** · 10-21-2009

can somebody link me an adress to download the Fedora Rescue CD? only the rescue CD

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