Re: hang on bootstrap

[Marek Benc]

I'm experiencing exactly the same problem.This is a Pentium 3 based 
machine with a classic IDE hard drive.

On 09/08/2014 10:30 PM, Riccardo Mottola wrote:
> Hi,
>
> after the last udpate (I admit, a couple of weeks ago before the 
> holiday season) which was apparently successful, my system doesn't 
> boot anymore.
>
> I get:
>
> <...>
> start ext2fs: ext2fs: device:hd0s1: warning: FILESYSTEM NOT UNMOUNTED 
> CLEANLY; PLEASE fsck
> Hurd server bootstrap: ext2fs[device:hd0s1] exec
>
> And here it hangs forever, no disk activity, nothing (although 
> eventually the screen will blank)
>
> I then tried to enter GRUB and use the "recovery mode" ( is this the 
> new wording for single-user?)
>
> The output changes, but hangs in the same place:
>
> <...>
> start ext2fs: ext2fs: device:hd0s1: warning: FILESYSTEM NOT UNMOUNTED 
> CLEANLY; PLEASE fsck
> ext2fs: device:hd0s1: warning: MOUNTED READ-ONLY; MUST USE 'fsysopts 
> ''writable'
> Hurd server bootstrap: ext2fs[device:hd0s1] exec
>
>
> What is happening? is ext2fs server haning because my filesystem 
> wasn't cleanly unmounted? It would be nice to get at least in 
> single-user and run fsck!
>
> Riccardo