clintonm9
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Kernel Panic
I have got a Kernel Panic three times in the middle of the night. I see the message on the screen but i can not find it in the log to try and figure out what is going on. Where would this log be stored and if i post the message can the problem be figured out?
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I did take the drives and put them in another computer with the same hardware.
It did the ame thing.
Could it be the drives?
It did the ame thing.
Could it be the drives?
Yes, did you test them using the manufacturer's tools? You could also download the UBCD, the tools are included on there:
http://ultimatebootcd.com
http://ultimatebootcd.com
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I did try to use the Western Digital tool but it would not work because the drives are hooked to a 3ware controller. Does your tool work with 3ware? I wouldnt think it would.
What type of drives are they? If Sata, connect them to a PC with a standard SATA controller, and if IDE don't put them on a raid controller. Also what model and makes are the disks?
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EIDE Hard Drives CE
So you want me to pull them out and plug them into the mother board and then use the WD tools.
i can do that
So you want me to pull them out and plug them into the mother board and then use the WD tools.
i can do that
Yes. just make sure you don't try booting from the disks.
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i wont. Should i try the Ultimate boot or the WD tool?
Either. I think the same tool is on the UBCD, but it might be another version than the one you have.
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Okay i am tryign to do a Disk copy. I burned the ISO for knoppix but i do not see a disk to disk copy on there?
Any ideas? Or maybe another free disk to disk copy?
Any ideas? Or maybe another free disk to disk copy?
There's partimage, a tool you start from the terminal. But it doesn't a disk copy, what it does is make an image file of the partition you want to copy. This image file you store on some free space, and then you can run partimage again on a new disk for instance and restore this image file to a harddisk partition.
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What about boot records?
What if i used more space then i have?
What if i used more space then i have?
The boot record gets copied. The image get's compressed, but you do need enough space of course
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If i have two SATA ports and want to copy one entire drive to another from a boot disk, is there an easy way?
You could try g4u which is on the ubcd (my link earlier). I don't know for sure if it supports sata though, you'd have to try that.
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Yeah i tried all four of those and it says no ide driver found
Some sata controllers can emulate IDE controllers. Have you checked your bios?
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It is setup for sata. I can turn on pata but it looks for the ide.
Not sure how to do it if there is away.
Not sure how to do it if there is away.
That shouldn't matter as some controllers which mix ide and sata will regard the sata drives as ide. for copying the disk that won't matter.
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IT is not mixed, it is different settings.
The kernel assumes, that if it paniced, then no application should be run anymore as it's very propable that paniced kernel can't handle such application ;)
Moreover, if the panic is in interrupt handline code - no disks sync is performed(for same reason as above - the paniced kernel can't handle next interrupt, which would arrive after sync).
Usually kernel panics becaouse of RAM failure.
Please test with www.memtest.org