# SLES 10 boot problem - urgent! **URL:** \ **Category:** SLES Install-Boot\ **Created:** [October 22, 2012, 9:06pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sles-10-boot-problem-urgent/23226 "2012-10-22T21:06:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bkesting](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/838e76/32.png) [@bkesting](https://forums.suse.com/u/bkesting)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2012, 9:06pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sles-10-boot-problem-urgent/23226/1 "2012-10-22T21:06:37Z")
I have a SLES 10 box that lost a drive in a RAID 5 array. I took out the drive and in the meantime I co-worker, for whatever reason, rebooted the server. The server recognizes the drive (now degraded) and brings up the SLES 10 splash screen. When I try to boot the OS, it is hanging on “Loading ata\_piix”. How can I get past this or disable ata\_piix from loading so I can get this system booted? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2012, 9:29pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sles-10-boot-problem-urgent/23226/2 "2012-10-22T21:29:19Z")
> [@bkesting](#): > > I have a SLES 10 box that lost a drive in a RAID 5 array. I took out > the drive and in the meantime I co-worker, for whatever reason, rebooted > the server. The server recognizes the drive (now degraded) and brings > up the SLES 10 splash screen. When I try to boot the OS, it is hanging > on “Loading ata\_piix”. > > How can I get past this or disable ata\_piix from loading so I can get > this system booted? > > Thanks Hi Add the grub boot option; ```auto brokenmodules=ata_piix ``` – Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890) openSUSE 12.2 (x86\_64) Kernel 3.4.11-2.16-desktop up 15:12, 4 users, load average: 0.09, 0.08, 0.05 CPU Intel i5 CPU M520@2.40GHz | Intel Arrandale GPU ---
**Author:** ![bkesting](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/838e76/32.png) [@bkesting](https://forums.suse.com/u/bkesting)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2012, 9:49pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sles-10-boot-problem-urgent/23226/3 "2012-10-22T21:49:30Z")
I shut the system down…reseated everything and I have now gotten past the ata\_piix error. It is now sitting at “Replaying journal”…I believe this is some type of file system check. Can I expect this to take a long time? (I’ll remember your suggestion about that grub boot option…thanks!) ---
**Author:** ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2012, 10:06pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sles-10-boot-problem-urgent/23226/4 "2012-10-22T22:06:47Z")
> [@bkesting](#): > > I shut the system down…reseated everything and I have now gotten > past the ata\_piix error. It is now sitting at “Replaying > journal”…I believe this is some type of file system check. Can > I expect this to take a long time? > > (I’ll remember your suggestion about that grub boot option…thanks!) I imagine so, what filesystem are you running, reiserfs? – Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890) openSUSE 12.2 (x86\_64) Kernel 3.4.11-2.16-desktop up 15:47, 4 users, load average: 0.01, 0.05, 0.10 CPU Intel i5 CPU M520@2.40GHz | Intel Arrandale GPU ---
**Author:** ![bkesting](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/838e76/32.png) [@bkesting](https://forums.suse.com/u/bkesting)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2012, 10:22pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sles-10-boot-problem-urgent/23226/5 "2012-10-22T22:22:36Z")
[QUOTE=malcolmlewis;9658]I imagine so, what filesystem are you running, reiserfs? – Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890) openSUSE 12.2 (x86\_64) Kernel 3.4.11-2.16-desktop up 15:47, 4 users, load average: 0.01, 0.05, 0.10 CPU Intel i5 CPU M520@2.40GHz | Intel Arrandale GPU[/QUOTE] Yes. It said filesystem was clean then started the check. It’s been running for about 45 min to an hour now with the cursor flashing behind “Replaying journal”. I just wonder if its still actually doing something or if it is hung up. The system had three 146 GB drives in a RAID 5 array, now the array is currently running degraded to two drives. ---
**Author:** ![KEVIN1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a9adbd/32.png) [@KEVIN1](https://forums.suse.com/u/KEVIN1)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2012, 10:32pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sles-10-boot-problem-urgent/23226/6 "2012-10-22T22:32:45Z")
bkesting wrote: [color=blue] > The system had three 146 GB drives in a > RAID 5 array, now the array is currently running degraded to two > drives.[/color] You have lost the data on one drive. The missing data is being reconstructed from the parity information as it is needed. That is why it is so slow. It is not uncommon for a second drive failure to occur shortly after the first one since all the drives in a RAID configuration are usually subjected to the same environmental conditions. I recommend you replace the defective drive and rebuild the array ASAP to avoid permanent data loss. – Kevin Boyle - Knowledge Partner If you find this post helpful and are using the web interface, show your appreciation and click on the star below… ---
**Author:** ![bkesting](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/838e76/32.png) [@bkesting](https://forums.suse.com/u/bkesting)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2012, 10:37pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sles-10-boot-problem-urgent/23226/7 "2012-10-22T22:37:59Z")
[QUOTE=KBOYLE;9661]bkesting wrote: [color=blue] > The system had three 146 GB drives in a > RAID 5 array, now the array is currently running degraded to two > drives.[/color] You have lost the data on one drive. The missing data is being reconstructed from the parity information as it is needed. That is why it is so slow. It is not uncommon for a second drive failure to occur shortly after the first one since all the drives in a RAID configuration are usually subjected to the same environmental conditions. I recommend you replace the defective drive and rebuild the array ASAP to avoid permanent data loss. – Kevin Boyle - Knowledge Partner If you find this post helpful and are using the web interface, show your appreciation and click on the star below…[/QUOTE] That is my plan…it just happens that the spare drive I had on hand for the array was bad as well. So I am waiting for a new drive(s) to get shipped here. In the meantime I need to get this system up. I will continue to let the “Replaying” to occur. So…should I expect hours for 146 GB of data to be replaced in the journal replay? ---
**Author:** ![bkesting](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/838e76/32.png) [@bkesting](https://forums.suse.com/u/bkesting)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2012, 11:55pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sles-10-boot-problem-urgent/23226/8 "2012-10-22T23:55:59Z")
It’s been “replaying” now for about 2 to 2.5 hours…should I let it continue or do you think it’s hung? ---
**Author:** ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 12:15am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sles-10-boot-problem-urgent/23226/9 "2012-10-23T00:15:14Z")
> [@bkesting](#): > > It’s been “replaying” now for about 2 to 2.5 hours…should I let it > continue or do you think it’s hung? Hi You should be able to open a second VT (virtual terminal) by pressing ctrl+alt+F2 (ctrl+alt+F1 to get back) and check the status via mdadm. – Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890) openSUSE 12.2 (x86\_64) Kernel 3.4.11-2.16-desktop up 17:58, 3 users, load average: 0.00, 0.04, 0.09 CPU Intel i5 CPU M520@2.40GHz | Intel Arrandale GPU ---
**Author:** ![bkesting](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/838e76/32.png) [@bkesting](https://forums.suse.com/u/bkesting)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 12:26am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sles-10-boot-problem-urgent/23226/10 "2012-10-23T00:26:21Z")
Ctrl+Alt+F2 does nothing…I think it’s hung ---
**Author:** ![bkesting](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/838e76/32.png) [@bkesting](https://forums.suse.com/u/bkesting)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 12:41am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sles-10-boot-problem-urgent/23226/11 "2012-10-23T00:41:18Z")
I have a USB keyboard and mouse hooked up to this system…does that matter? I’m not sure either of them work anyway during the boot process ---
**Author:** ![bkesting](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/838e76/32.png) [@bkesting](https://forums.suse.com/u/bkesting)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 12:57am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sles-10-boot-problem-urgent/23226/12 "2012-10-23T00:57:26Z")
I rebooted the system…plugged in a USB keyboard, and now it hangs on ata\_piix again. I tried the flag “brokenmodules=ata\_piix” but it still hangs at ata\_piix ---
**Author:** ![bkesting](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/838e76/32.png) [@bkesting](https://forums.suse.com/u/bkesting)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 1:16am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sles-10-boot-problem-urgent/23226/13 "2012-10-23T01:16:00Z")
I meant PS2 keyboard