Backup booting

[Nils Kassube]

Karl Larsen wrote:
> Nils Kassube wrote:
> > Karl Larsen wrote:
> >>     When I boot the backup it goes quite a ways but errors out
> >> looking for some std USB things. That seems to be wrong. Here are
> >> the parts of both menu.lst and fstab for review. I am certain
> >> menu.lst is working.
> >
> > Well, I don't see anything suspicious in your menu.lst or fstab. And
> > "some std USB things" isn't very specific - could you post the actual
> > error message?
>
>     Hi Nils, I do not know how to do that. 

Um, how about writing it down? Yes, I know, pen and paper is sooo last 
century :)

>     I do not think dmesq is even 
> written when it stops. 

That depends - if the error happens before / is mounted, it can't be 
written to the disk, but if it happens late enough during the boot 
process, you might find something in one of the files in /var. Have a 
look at the files messages, syslog, syslog.0, kern.log. 

> So what do you recommend as a way to bring the 
> error message? I probably need to read it too :-)

I think you would have to reboot with the trouble disk and wait for the 
message. And if you don't want to write it down, you could use a digital 
camera and take a photo.


Nils