Monday 31 October 2011

RHEL 4 unbootable after unclean shut down

RHEL 4 unbootable after unclean shut down

Hi, I'm a newbie here and technically not very expert on Linux. I'm currently running into a problem with our enterprise linux. We shut our servers down to do maintenance and the system is not booting normally. See details below:

OS: Oracle Enterprise Linux Release 4
Kernel 2.6.9-67.0.0.0.1 ELsmp on x86_64
Red Hat nash version 4.2.1.13
File system type: ext2fs
Partition type: 0x83

Error messages upon automatic startup: (screen gives out several messages very fast therefore i can only give some of it here..)
....
usb 2-3.1.2: new high speed USB device using address 40
hub 2-3.1.2.1.0: USB hub found
hub 2-3.1.2.1.0: 4 ports detected
usb 2-3.1.2.3: new high speed USB device using address 41
scsci3: SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
..
sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 24x/24x writer dvd-ram cd/rw xa/form32 cdda tray
input: USB HID v1.11 Device (OEM Mass Storage Plus) on usb-0000:00:1d.7-3.1.2.3
usb4-2: new full speed USB device using address 27
..
INIT: Id "x" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
INIT: Id "x" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
INIT: Id "x" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
usb 2-3.1.2.3: USB disconnect, address 41
usb 2-3.1.2.3: new full speed USB device using address 43
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d:7: qh 000001007d6115a0 (#0) state 1
usb 2-3.1.2.3: not running at top speed: connect to a high speed hub
scsi4: SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usb-storage Bus Reset ended with -16
scsi: Device Offlined - not ready after error recovery: host 4 channel 0 id 0 1 1
usbhid: probe of 2-3.1.2.3:1.1 failed with error -5
..

On startup, we saw that the system was uncleanly shut down and several services cannot be found or have a failed status. We cannot pinpoint which component is causing the problem (hardware, Linux and its services, etc..)

We need to get the systems running by the end of the day. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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