Comments on: /etc/fstab help for Distro Hoppers http://coreythompson.com/2008/01/etcfstab-help-for-distro-hoppers/ ...but I'm right! Get yer historical hero clay figurines now! Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:49:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: MrCorey http://coreythompson.com/2008/01/etcfstab-help-for-distro-hoppers/#comment-3987 MrCorey Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:40:15 +0000 http://coreythompson.com/2008/01/19/etcfstab-help-for-distro-hoppers/#comment-3987 Stephen, what is the result of the vol_id command? What is the output? fsck is trying to work on the information provided in /etc/fstab, which may not match your actual volume UUID.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3987','MrCorey'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('3987','MrCorey','Stephen, what is the result of the vol_id command? What is the output? fsck is trying to work on the information provided in \/etc\/fstab, which may not match your actual volume UUID.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Stephen, what is the result of the vol_id command? What is the output? fsck is trying to work on the information provided in /etc/fstab, which may not match your actual volume UUID.
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]]> By: Stephen http://coreythompson.com/2008/01/etcfstab-help-for-distro-hoppers/#comment-3986 Stephen Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:49:10 +0000 http://coreythompson.com/2008/01/19/etcfstab-help-for-distro-hoppers/#comment-3986 I'm having this problem...unfortunately, the UUID's are the same. I'm running Heron with the eee netbook modules, on an EEE 1000. Thanks for the help!! Here's what I'm seeing: >>> Terminal fsck [10:44:58 12] $ fsck fsck 1.40.8 (13-Mar-2008) fsck.ext3: Unable to resolve 'UUID=259a3310-b2b8-4b01-bb57-c0efb89768ae' >>> Gedit fstab # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 # /dev/sda1 UUID=259a3310-b2b8-4b01-bb57-c0efb89768ae / ext3 noatime,errors=remount-ro,commit=15 0 1 # /dev/sdb1 UUID=d7729a87-b7e2-49f9-b4ee-85018f5afca7 /home ext2 relatime 0 2 /dev/sdc1 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0 tmpfs /tmp tmpfs defaults,noatime,mode=1777 0 0 tmpfs /var/tmp tmpfs defaults,noatime,mode=1777 0 0 At startup, my system is always saying bad shutdown, and that fsck died with an exit status of 4.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3986','Stephen'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('3986','Stephen','I\'m having this problem...unfortunately, the UUID\'s are the same. I\'m running Heron with the eee netbook modules, on an EEE 1000. Thanks for the help!! Here\'s what I\'m seeing:\r\n\r\n&gt;&gt;&gt; Terminal fsck\r\n&#91;10:44:58 12&#93; $ fsck\r\nfsck 1.40.8 (13-Mar-2008)\r\nfsck.ext3: Unable to resolve \'UUID=259a3310-b2b8-4b01-bb57-c0efb89768ae\'\r\n\r\n&gt;&gt;&gt; Gedit fstab\r\n# \/etc\/fstab: static file system information.\r\n#\r\n# \r\nproc \/proc proc defaults 0 0\r\n# \/dev\/sda1\r\nUUID=259a3310-b2b8-4b01-bb57-c0efb89768ae \/ ext3 noatime,errors=remount-ro,commit=15 0 1\r\n# \/dev\/sdb1\r\nUUID=d7729a87-b7e2-49f9-b4ee-85018f5afca7 \/home ext2 relatime 0 2\r\n\/dev\/sdc1 \/media\/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0\r\ntmpfs \/tmp tmpfs defaults,noatime,mode=1777 0 0\r\ntmpfs \/var\/tmp tmpfs defaults,noatime,mode=1777 0 0\r\n\r\nAt startup, my system is always saying bad shutdown, and that fsck died with an exit status of 4.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I’m having this problem…unfortunately, the UUID’s are the same. I’m running Heron with the eee netbook modules, on an EEE 1000. Thanks for the help!! Here’s what I’m seeing:

>>> Terminal fsck
[10:44:58 12] $ fsck
fsck 1.40.8 (13-Mar-2008)
fsck.ext3: Unable to resolve ‘UUID=259a3310-b2b8-4b01-bb57-c0efb89768ae’

>>> Gedit fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
#
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# /dev/sda1
UUID=259a3310-b2b8-4b01-bb57-c0efb89768ae / ext3 noatime,errors=remount-ro,commit=15 0 1
# /dev/sdb1
UUID=d7729a87-b7e2-49f9-b4ee-85018f5afca7 /home ext2 relatime 0 2
/dev/sdc1 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
tmpfs /tmp tmpfs defaults,noatime,mode=1777 0 0
tmpfs /var/tmp tmpfs defaults,noatime,mode=1777 0 0

At startup, my system is always saying bad shutdown, and that fsck died with an exit status of 4.

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]]> By: mrcorey http://coreythompson.com/2008/01/etcfstab-help-for-distro-hoppers/#comment-3983 mrcorey Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:18:19 +0000 http://coreythompson.com/2008/01/19/etcfstab-help-for-distro-hoppers/#comment-3983 <a href="#comment-3956">@Pete</a> - Neat thought. I keep forgetting about the power of the export command.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3983','mrcorey'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('3983','mrcorey','<a href=\"#comment-3956\">@Pete<\/a> -\r\nNeat thought. I keep forgetting about the power of the export command.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> @Pete -
Neat thought. I keep forgetting about the power of the export command.
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]]> By: Pete http://coreythompson.com/2008/01/etcfstab-help-for-distro-hoppers/#comment-3956 Pete Sun, 02 Nov 2008 05:38:23 +0000 http://coreythompson.com/2008/01/19/etcfstab-help-for-distro-hoppers/#comment-3956 I was also looking around for a way just to identify the UUID of a partition. This is what worked for me: vol_id --uuid /dev/sdc1 --export ID_FS_USAGE=raid ID_FS_TYPE=linux_raid_member ID_FS_VERSION=0.90.0 ID_FS_UUID=eb0b24ea:01425053:19bbf76a:ff5baf28 ID_FS_UUID_ENC=eb0b24ea:01425053:19bbf76a:ff5baf28 ID_FS_LABEL= ID_FS_LABEL_ENC= ID_FS_LABEL_SAFE=<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3956','Pete'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('3956','Pete','I was also looking around for a way just to identify the UUID of a partition.\r\nThis is what worked for me:\r\n\r\nvol_id --uuid \/dev\/sdc1 --export\r\nID_FS_USAGE=raid\r\nID_FS_TYPE=linux_raid_member\r\nID_FS_VERSION=0.90.0\r\nID_FS_UUID=eb0b24ea:01425053:19bbf76a:ff5baf28\r\nID_FS_UUID_ENC=eb0b24ea:01425053:19bbf76a:ff5baf28\r\nID_FS_LABEL=\r\nID_FS_LABEL_ENC=\r\nID_FS_LABEL_SAFE='); return false;">Quote</a></div> I was also looking around for a way just to identify the UUID of a partition.
This is what worked for me:

vol_id –uuid /dev/sdc1 –export
ID_FS_USAGE=raid
ID_FS_TYPE=linux_raid_member
ID_FS_VERSION=0.90.0
ID_FS_UUID=eb0b24ea:01425053:19bbf76a:ff5baf28
ID_FS_UUID_ENC=eb0b24ea:01425053:19bbf76a:ff5baf28
ID_FS_LABEL=
ID_FS_LABEL_ENC=
ID_FS_LABEL_SAFE=

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