Server hang

Olivier Nicole olivier.nicole at cs.ait.ac.th
Tue Jan 7 10:27:18 UTC 2014


> With reference to my previous mail.
> The fsck output is in http://pastebin.com/vch0DbAx . And not in the
> previous link.

fsck should not take hours, unless your file system is terabytes. It
would be nice to know what is this inode 5823; you could try a find
/usr -inum 5823

Olivier

>
> On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 3:46 PM, eras mus <erasmu at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear List,
>>
>> With your help able to fix  rc.conf. Able to start in normal mode. again
>>  the server is hanging. No connection from LAN and also from server console
>>   So in single user mode ran fsck. The fsck commands runs fine util it
>> comes for /usr. After giving these messsage http://pastebin.com/jujRwp6g It
>> is waiting for more than a hour.No other output. Is it  normal phenomena?
>> Will it take more time.
>>
>> Please Note: As some one adviced here for memory check. Out of 4 RAMS
>> tried removing RAM  one by one and checked whether system is hanging. It
>> still hangs .
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 1:25 PM, Polytropon <freebsd at edvax.de> wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 7 Jan 2014 13:05:00 +0530, eras mus wrote:
>>> > Dear List,
>>> >
>>> > I tried editing /etc/rc.conf file in between server hanged . Now the
>>> > rc.conf is incomplete. There is a line with incomplete quotes.
>>> > So the machine in starting in single user mode  . No editor is working .
>>> > when /usr is mounter ee editor is there. But The file could not be
>>> edited
>>> > and saved since it is read only.
>>> >
>>> > How to overcome this read only mode and edit the file.
>>>
>>> This indicates a severe error, as you have correctly observed.
>>> Step 1 is to make / writeable:
>>>
>>>         # mount -u /
>>>
>>> which is a "shortcut" for
>>>
>>>         # mount -u -o rw /
>>>
>>> You will also need to mount partitions like /usr to make your
>>> normal editor working (for example /usr/bin/ee):
>>>
>>>         # mount /usr
>>>
>>> or even
>>>
>>>         # mount -a
>>>
>>> In case this step is not _possible_, you can still use an editor
>>> present on / (typically /rescue/vi):
>>>
>>>         # /rescue/vi /etc/rc.conf
>>>
>>> Apply the quotes as required and :wq (write file and quit the
>>> editor). Then you should be able to let the system reboot normally.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Polytropon
>>> Magdeburg, Germany
>>> Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
>>> Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
>>>
>>
>>
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