boot problem

[NoOp]

On 06/25/2009 07:51 AM, pkaplan1 at comcast.net wrote:
> In the last few days my system has been hanging during boot. 
> 
> I get the following error: 
> 
> Log of fsck -C3 -R -A -a 
> Thu Jun 25 08:18:05 2009 
> 
> fsck 1.41.4 (27-Jan-2009) 
> /dev/sda2: clean, 31685/6823936 files, 4743378/27274353 blocks 
> fsck.ext3: Unable to resolve 'UUID=5af75fba-045b-41c1-ae54-f7c5bc133694' 
> fsck.ext3: Unable to resolve 'UUID=27655aac-f0fc-40df-9ba1-8412d584b5c5' 
> fsck.ext3: Unable to resolve 'UUID=08c89a6f-7c9c-4f59-b26d-e43921450ad9' 
> fsck.ext3: Unable to resolve 'UUID=a21074d2-7e57-4676-aeda-c80b560d9c68' 
> fsck died with exit status 8 
> 

> The only way to continue booting is by hitting ctrl+d. Booting
continues normally and the drives are correctly mounted.
> 
> I've verified that th UUID identifiers that are listed in /etc/fstab
match those listed in /dev/disk/by-uuid and are the same four partitions
listed above. These correspond to /dev/sdb5, /dev/sdb2, /dev/sdb1 and
/dev/sdb6, respectively.
> 
> How can I get this to stop hanging? Paul
> 

I'd check cables, usb power & noise on the usb interface. Try moving the
usb cable to another usb port - preferably one that is on the back of
the machine & closest to the motherboard connector. Check your dmesg's
for errors.