It looks I have had a failing PSU in my clarkconnect server. This may have caused some data problems just before/during failure.

I have replaced the PSU and the thing boots, but it fails the fsck check and kicks me out saying I need to complete a manual one, which I have done many many times, but I am just stuck in this loop.

it fails because "/dev/md1 :Resize inode not valid"

I am using the command line fsck -y to run the check and complete everything it asks.

What am I doing wrong? I have done several searches for the problem, plenty people asking the question by no one seems to have posted an answer.

Any help would be great

Cheers

Cris.

I'm guessing it has something to do with the LVM setup and not really the filesystem at all. I'm not that familiar with Linux's LVM, though, so I can't really help, other than to point you in a different direction.

This thread suggests poking at it with gparted.

I have got it to boot up now, but I think I may have caused a few problems.

I followed this...

# debugfs -w /dev/md1
debugfs 1.35 (28-Feb-2004)
debugfs: feature ^resize_inode
Filesystem features: has_journal filetype sparse_super
debugfs: kill_file <7>

debugfs: quit
# e2fsck -fy /dev/md1

Which has worked, but I notice it now fails to mount /boot

Slimserver isn't working so I assume I have made things worse ????

Although I every other part of the system seems to be ok.

Help ?????

Cheers

Cris.

Hmmmm, slimserver is working, just not the web interface ????

Apache is running ok, and the rest of Slimserver seems fine, weird?

Any suggestions ???

Cheers

Cris.

/dev/md1 is linu-raid, not LVM.

Cris - kernel version, mdadm details etc would help

also look in dmesg to see if the raid is failing...

sorry - huge type/post lag

It looks like filesystem corruption then - if so then the problem is you'll never know what to trust

Have a look in the apache logs to see if slimserver is complaining - gotta go now - I'll be around tomorrow if you're still having probs - good luck

Great! Thanks!

Everything seems to be working for now, I got slimserver running by forcing a reinstall. I don't seem to have lost any files, but I am currently taking a backup just in case I do!

I'm not that good at linux stuff, but I will have another go in the morning. I may decide this is a good time for some upgrades anyway and go for a full re-install just to be on the safe side.

I will post some logs in the morning

Cheers

Cris.

Yeah, I meant LVM generically, not as a specific product. I hate it when people use a generic term as a specific name for a product, like MS's SQL Server.