FW: [GOLUM] HD Question

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Robert,

Okay, it looks like you opened a can of worms when copying over the partition data...  and it is hard to diagnose the situation without detailed information from your syslog and dmesg.

For the xfs situation - 
  
  After booting, I would grep dmesg, or the syslog (or /var/log/messages) to find out what happens when the xfs init.d script is run, if it is being run at all. - if that doesn't yield any clues, try running the init.d script by hand - `/etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs start` (usage may vary between different distributions, I don't have much experience with Redhat(?), so the actual location of the xfs script for your system is an unknown.


For .bashrc - 

  I would, as root, call bash through strace or truss:  `strace bash` - take a close look at the output to see where there might be an error.  It might be something as simple as a permissions glitch. 


As for copying copious amounts of data... (This is nitpicking really :) - 
  
  I usually use tar instead of cp to copy heinous amounts of system data.  cp is "safe" - however, it isn't very efficient, and I've never trusted it enough to copy an entire / filesystem.  

    sh# cd /
    sh# tar -X exclude_file -cvpf - ./| (cd /mnt/; tar -xvpf -)
    (Where 'exclude_file' is a text list of directories that you do NOT want to archive, usually, /mnt/, /tmp)


Also, check the permissions for /tmp - they may be set wrong.  Did you copy over the complete /var directory?


Again, check the logs, check the logs, check the logs.


As for your partitions - You could have used `dd` to copy over the raw partition data for / to your new drive.  In fact, I would reccomend doing this instead of using `tar` or `cp`.  After you have the new partition created, you can then slice and dice the remaining HD space however you want to offload /usr and /home to seperate partitions. 

If this machine is "production," I would strongly reccomend doing the partition replication over again.  It sounds like you already have too many problems with the system to be completely sure that another show-stopping bug is waiting for you in the coming weeks.

Bon chance avec tout,
Charles


On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 10:58:25AM -1000, Hershberger, Robert T Mr (CPF N63RTH) wrote:
> All,
> 
>   I got a new HD, partitioned it, copied files from my old drive to the new
> and got the whole thing to boot.  the command I used to copy was 'cp -dpRx
> {source} {destination}' and all that worked out.  But now that I've gotten
> past that hurtle I have other problems ...
> 
>   root does not read any .bashrc file (user accounts do on the other hand)
> when I log in.  If I /bin/bash the second shell does so.
>   X doesn't work due to the fact that the xfs daemon doesn't start up on
> boot.  here is the output of ps & chkconfig  fresh from boot:
> 
> 	ps -aux | grep xfs
> 	root      1261  0.0  0.4  1516  580 tty1     S    10:24   0:00 grep
> xfs
> 
> 	chkconfig --list xfs
> 	xfs            	0:off	1:off	2:on	3:on	4:on	5:on
> 6:off
> 
> 
>   when I force xfs to start, using xfs -daemon, I can start X no problem.  
>   the user accounts also have problems.  using netscape I can surf and read
> email, but if I attempt to send email the app tells me that it could not
> create a temporary file and so failed to send the email.  So that are the
> most apparent problems right off the bat.  does anyone know what sort of
> things I need to do at this point to get it all working again?  TIA
> 
> Robert Hershberger
> 
> 
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