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12-08-2004

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suse server 8.0 on hp server problem

machine:
Hp Proliant DL145/Opterom 2.4GH
2*72 GBB SCSi hdd,
suse:
suse linux Enterprose server 8.0 for Amd 64

problem:
1. can not boot properly. have to use installation disk to boot it: enter installation and choose "boot from existing installation" and this is the only option. ( just use the boot disk and enter the boot up parameters won't work either. The bootloader is grup and doesn't work either. )
after boot it from installation disck, I checked the boot.msg and boot.omsg in /var/log directory. and there are some wiered stuffs:
boot.omsg:
Inspecting /boot/System.map-2.4.19
Loaded 13874 symbols from /boot/System.map-2.4.19.
Symbols match kernel version 2.4.19.
Error seeking in /dev/kmem

Symbol #ext3, value a019a000

Error adding kernel module table entry.

klogd 1.4.1, log source = ksyslog started.
<4>FAT: bogus logical sector size 0
<3>cramfs: wrong magic
<4>reiserfs: found format "3.6" with standard journal
<4>reiserfs: checking transaction log (sd(8,2)) for (sd(8,2))
<4>reiserfs: using ordered data mode
<4>Using r5 hash to sort names
<4>VFS: Mounted root (reiserfs filesystem) readonly.
<5>Trying to move old root to /initrd ... failed
<5>Unmounting old root
<5>Trying to free ramdisk memory ... okay
<4>Freeing unused kernel memory: 156k freed
<6>md: Autodetecting RAID arrays.
<6>md: autorun ...
<6>md: ... autorun DONE.
<6>Adding Swap: 10586824k swap-space (priority 42)
<4>reiserfs: found format "3.6" with standard journal
<4>reiserfs: checking transaction log (sd(8,17)) for (sd(8,17))
<4>reiserfs: using ordered data mode
<4>Using r5 hash to sort names
Kernel logging (ksyslog) stopped.
Kernel log daemon terminating.
....

I checked the /dev/sda using fdisk, and some strange file systems exist.

sda1 for swap (starts after 1 and end something like after 10 Gb)
sda2 for / ( located after swap, using up rest of the disk space)
sda3 for compack diagnostic( or something like that) (starts from 1 and ends at 1)

fdisk gives some hints about filesystem order is uncorrect.

so what is wrong here??? can any body help me??? to fix this, should I re-install the system??? and in reinstallation should I change the kernel options???

2. Do you think use 62 GB for /, and don't have other partition is ok for the server? or should there be some other patitions for different directories, like /var and /usr etc???

3. I have been told this server crashed the other day, and I am reponsible to find out the reason. so, what kind of log files should I check? and where is them?
the ones i find is in /var/log.
and in them, there are "warn" and " messages" contain something about that. so are these the ones that I should look into?

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installgrub

installgrub(1M) 														   installgrub(1M)

NAME

       installgrub - install GRUB in a disk partition or a floppy

SYNOPSIS

       /sbin/installgrub [-fm] stage1 stage2 raw-device

       The installgrub command is an -only program. GRUB stands for GRand Unified Bootloader.

       installgrub  installs  GRUB  stage  1  and  stage  2  files on the boot area of a disk partition. If you specify the -m option, installgrub
       installs the stage 1 file on the master boot sector of the disk.

       The installgrub command accepts the following options:

       -f

	   Suppresses interaction when overwriting the master boot sector.

       -m

	   Installs GRUB stage1 on the master boot sector interactively.

       The installgrub command accepts the following operands:

       stage1

	   The name of the GRUB stage 1 file.

       stage2

	   The name of the GRUB stage 2 file.

       raw-device

	   The name of the device onto which GRUB code is to be installed. It must be a character device that is readable and writable.  For  disk
	   devices,  specify  the  slice  where  the  GRUB  menu  file	is  located.  (For Solaris it is the root slice.) For a floppy disk, it is
	   /dev/rdiskette.

       Example 1: Installing GRUB on a Hard Disk Slice

       The following command installs GRUB on a system where the root slice is c0d0s0:

       example# /sbin/installgrub /boot/grub/stage1 
		/boot/grub/stage2 /dev/rdsk/c0d0s0

       Example 2: Installing GRUB on a Floppy

       The following command installs GRUB on a formatted floppy:

       example# mount -F pcfs /dev/diskette /mnt
       # mkdir -p /mnt/boot/grub
       # cp /boot/grub/* /mnt/boot/grub
       # umount /mnt
       # cd /boot/grub
       # /sbin/installgrub stage1 stage2 /dev/rdiskette

       /boot/grub

	   Directory where GRUB files reside.

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWcsu			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Evolving			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

       boot(1M), fdisk(1M), fmthard(1M), kernel(1M), attributes(5)

       Installing GRUB on the master boot sector (-m option) overrides any boot manager currently installed on the machine. The system will always
       boot the GRUB in the Solaris partition regardless of which fdisk partition is active.

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