Re: computer boot (some times) in emergency mode.

2015-03-04 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Wed, 2015-03-04 at 15:56 +0200, Angelo Moreschini wrote: > Now I want only to check why a HD, 'Western Digital with only a few > months > of life, has gone faulty .. > > I know there are programs, made by the manufacturers of HD, that allow > you > to make these types of control man smartd p

Re: computer boot (some times) in emergency mode.

2015-03-04 Thread Angelo Moreschini
Hi I had serious problems. Because I didn't check immediately the hard disk with the bad sector, the time of booting stretched at every subsequent opening; and, at last, I was not able anymore to start Fedora .. So I had to make the restore of my installation, using a clone that I took befo

Re: computer boot (some times) in emergency mode.

2015-03-01 Thread Robin Laing
On 2015-02-26 05:22, Angelo Moreschini wrote: Hi Chris, I would be more inclined to to think about a electrical problem, since the only rep-plugging of the connectors of the HD solves the problem .. In any case I think the control of the HD is appropriate, so I would ask you in detail how to do

Re: computer boot (some times) in emergency mode.

2015-03-01 Thread Chris Murphy
On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 4:12 AM, Chris Murphy wrote: > > On Feb 28, 2015 3:37 AM, "Angelo Moreschini" > wrote: >> >> Hi >> >> I tried with e2fsck -f /dev/sdc1 >> but I got the message: > > Buried in my long first reply: > "booting with parameter rd.break=cmdline" > > Chances are it's not sdc1 dam

Re: computer boot (some times) in emergency mode.

2015-02-28 Thread Doug
On 02/28/2015 05:36 AM, Angelo Moreschini wrote: Hi I tried with e2fsck -f /dev/sdc1 but I got the message: WARNING!!! The filesystem is mounted. If you continue you ***WILL*** cause ***SEVERE*** filesystem damage. Of curse I didn't continue... How I have to do this test ? Have I to boot t

Re: computer boot (some times) in emergency mode.

2015-02-28 Thread Chris Murphy
On Feb 28, 2015 3:37 AM, "Angelo Moreschini" wrote: > > Hi > > I tried with e2fsck -f /dev/sdc1 > but I got the message: Buried in my long first reply: "booting with parameter rd.break=cmdline" Chances are it's not sdc1 damaged. It's lv-root. > > WARNING!!! The filesystem is mounted. If you

Re: computer boot (some times) in emergency mode.

2015-02-28 Thread Angelo Moreschini
Hi I tried with e2fsck -f /dev/sdc1 but I got the message: WARNING!!! The filesystem is mounted. If you continue you ***WILL*** cause ***SEVERE*** filesystem damage. Of curse I didn't continue... How I have to do this test ? Have I to boot the computer using some utility that didn't need the

Re: computer boot (some times) in emergency mode.

2015-02-26 Thread Chris Murphy
On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 5:22 AM, Angelo Moreschini wrote: > Hi Chris, > > I would be more inclined to to think about a electrical problem, since the > only rep-plugging of the connectors of the HD solves the problem .. Cable connectors are often a source of problems. > > This is what I get with

Re: computer boot (some times) in emergency mode.

2015-02-26 Thread Angelo Moreschini
Hi Chris, I would be more inclined to to think about a electrical problem, since the only rep-plugging of the connectors of the HD solves the problem .. In any case I think the control of the HD is appropriate, so I would ask you in detail how to do this operation: This is what I get with the co

Re: computer boot (some times) in emergency mode.

2015-02-25 Thread Chris Murphy
On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 1:53 AM, Angelo Moreschini < mrangelo.fed...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > my computer often (not all the time) has problem at booting ... > > When it happen, it boot to emergency mode... > > (after I install new updates, then this problem occurs regularly) > > The message th

computer boot (some times) in emergency mode.

2015-02-25 Thread Angelo Moreschini
Hi, my computer often (not all the time) has problem at booting ... When it happen, it boot to emergency mode... (after I install new updates, then this problem occurs regularly) The message that I get, when the problem come, are (approximately): Welcome to emergency