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On 01/02/12 12:49, David Halliday wrote:
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type="cite">If you want to run fsck on a drive that is mounted,
you can unmount it first (as long as it isn't the root partition).<br>
If you want to run it on the root then you will have to use a live
distribution like Knoppix.<br>
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If you have issues/worries about the drive then its worth setting
it to check at boot time in the fstab (it won't hurt to do this
just slow down booting on the occasions that the checks run).<br>
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If you want to look at grub2 in a less heavy way, there is a GUI
tool (I have read good things about it but not used it): <a
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href="https://launchpad.net/grub-customizer">https://launchpad.net/grub-customizer</a><br>
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There is also some good documentation (prepare for a lot of
reading) on the ubuntu wiki: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2</a><br>
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On 31 January 2012 22:24, Rich <span dir="ltr"><<a
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<div class="im"> On 31/01/12 17:45, David Halliday wrote: </div>
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<div class="im">Just some quick sanity checks (don't take
them personally):<br>
<ol>
<li>This message comes from when Linux is booting and
not the BIOS booting.</li>
<li>The BIOS set-up on the machine recognises the
disk.</li>
<li>If possible S.M.A.R.T. checking is enables and
hasn't fired any errors for the disk (possible with
old disks).</li>
<li>All physical connections have been given the usual
extra wiggle/push to tighten.<br>
</li>
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<p>A couple of pointers/questions:<br>
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<li>What distribution are you using? ----- Ubuntu 10.04
server<br>
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<li>Have you configured the disks to be checked at boot
time? (See pass-num: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fstab"
target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fstab</a>
) ----------No<br>
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<li>What is the file system being used? (EXT3/EXT4
etc...) -------EXT4<br>
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<li>At what point/which application/process/log gives
that error message?<br>
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The exact error message is " fsck from util-linux-ng 2.17.2<br>
This is followed by /dev/sad1 clean xxxxxx files xxx blocks
<br>
samefor sda3<br>
These are the root and home partitions of first disc.<br>
The next line is "The disc drive for /mnt is not ready yet
or not present<br>
Continue to wait or Press to skip mounting or M for manual
recovery?<br>
Is this something connected with grub2 ? How can I initiate
the fsck for sdb1 which seems to need to be done before
mounting or am I completely on the wrong track. I am not
sure where I should put this (Don't Say it - I know what you
are thinking), presumably somewhere in the sdb1 entry. <br>
I have tried all your other suggestions for which much
thanks <br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On 31 January 2012 16:27, Rich
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204); padding-left: 1ex;">Hi All<br>
I have been having trouble in mounting a newly
installed Hard drive. I have edited /etc/fstab and
the disc's (I know CLI etc require the Yankee
spelling -disk-but outside of that I spell in
English) UUID, mount point etc.<br>
When I boot up I get the Message " Drive may be slow
to respond or not present" and gives the option of
mounting manually."<br>
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204); padding-left: 1ex;"> mount /mnt /dev/hdb1 is
successful and I can access the contents of the
drive with ls /mnt so disc does exist and will mount
O.K.<br>
Is there anything else I should be doing? As you
know my machines are old but I have never had this
problem before even with this disc on another box.
Any suggestions please?<br>
Rich<br>
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Thanks David for all your help. I am familiar with using fsck on
discs, and feel sure that I can work out how to check before
mounting. What is very annoying is that I was just getting familiar
and comfortable with GRUB when GRUB2 comes along - Old Dogs and new
tricks...........<br>
Thanks again Rich.<br>
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