Upgrade to util-linux-ng-2.17.1-1 breaks fsck[SOLVED]

Question

After upgrading to lastest util-linux-ng (2.17.1-1) from 2.17.1 "fsck" always hangs at boot. I downgraded to 2.17.1 and it worked again. No error messages are output when it hangs. System is a Dell XPS M1530 laptop.
Thanks.
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kernel26 2.6.32.9-1
Linux laptop-al 2.6.32-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Feb 23 19:43:46 CET 2010 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7700 @ 2.40GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
Last edited by markz79 (2010-03-08 13:09:25)

Answer 1

Try to pass manually fsck and see how respond. (I assume that you don't use any encryption, lvm setup, just the standard)
boot with init=/bin/bash
/bin/mount -n -t tmpfs udev /dev -o mode=0755
/bin/mount -n -t proc none /proc
/bin/mount -n -t sysfs none /sys
/bin/cp -a /lib/udev/devices/* /dev/
echo > /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug
/sbin/udevd --daemon
/sbin/udevadm trigger
/sbin/udevadm settle
skip all above commands if you have devtmpfs (not by default in Arch Linux kernel26) only need this:
mount -n -t devtmpfs none /dev
Now run a fsck -fv on all your partitions.
EDIT: use openvt is you need more consoles, run before fsck
Last edited by djgera (2010-03-08 00:17:58)