[Sussex] Centos 6 64bit no longer bootable

[Paul Willis]

Do you have a disk utility that will read the SMART data for your hard
disk? Maybe you could find a text based way of reading it (to use from
your live dvd if it doesn't have something handy built in). Was the
machine hot when it died?

Paul

On 30 September 2013 11:31, Brendan Whelan <b_whelan at mistral.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi Jan, John,  Thanks for your responses. The server is a Dell PowerEdge
> SC440 and is definitely a 64bit machine. I installed Centos 6.3 and updated
> to 6.4 and the system then ran for a couple of weeks. The only recent system
> change I made was to change the login background PNG image. I have put the
> disk that won't boot on one side and am rebuilding the system on a different
> drive but in the same server. When that is complete I will re-change the
> background PNG and see if that cause the problem.
> Brendan
>
>
> On 29/09/2013 11:31, Jan Henkins wrote:
>>
>> Hello Brendan,
>>
>> On 27/09/13 15:54, Brendan Whelan wrote:
>>>
>>> I have just built a Centos 6.4 64-bit system on a, relatively old, Dell
>>> server. Having got through the installation of the operating system and
>>> configured our package, I changed the default screen backgrounds to those
>>> used on other servers. I logged out but the screen just ( from memory)
>>> showed a white line and the word "Centos". I therefore powered off and back
>>> on again but now get the message "ata_id DHIO_GET_IDENTITY failed for
>>> /dev/sda" it then goes into a kernel panic. Searching on the Internet
>>> indicates that this could be a disk controller issue.  However I can boot,
>>> using a DVD, into recovery mode and, for example, check that the png
>>> background files are in place. ( Just in case there was a bad connection I
>>> re-bedded cables, boards, etc. )
>>
>>
>> Could you please let us know the model of the server?
>>
>>> Is it likely to be a hardware issue and are there any tests that I can
>>> perform? As it is a new installation I am not concerned about the data or
>>> files but would like to get the system working.
>>
>>
>> Try a minimal CentOS 5.9 installation, and see if that works. Once you
>> have that tested and we know the outcome, we can have a head-scratch and
>> figure out some possible next steps.
>>
>
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