startup problem ("no job control in this shell")

hi all when i start opensuse 11.3 it go to console
i think it try to mount the same partition in root and swap it write me :


mounting … root=/dev/disk/by-id/MYHARDDRIVE-part4
mount … user_xattr -t ‘swap’ /dev/disk/by-id/MYHARDDRIVE-part4

no job control in this shell

$


anyone know how to fix the probem?
i try to disable the swap partition in the /etc/fstab by adding “#” in the start of the
line.
but it didn’t work.

My 2 cents: your system boots in single user mode, due to a faulty fstab. Can you please post the contents of your fstab, and put that in CODE blocks: [noparse]

YOUR CONTENT HERE

[/noparse]



/dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD5000AAKS-00YGA0_WD-WCAS84905483-part2 /windows/F           ntfs-3g    defaults              0 0
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD5000AAKS-00YGA0_WD-WCAS84905483-part3 /                    swap       acl,user_xattr        0 0
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD10EARS-00Y5B1_WD-WMAV52208128-part1 /windows/C           ntfs-3g    users,gid=users,fmask=133,dmask=022,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 0
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD10EARS-00Y5B1_WD-WMAV52208128-part2 /windows/D           ntfs-3g    users,gid=users,fmask=133,dmask=022,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 0
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD5000AAKS-00YGA0_WD-WCAS84905483-part1 /windows/E           ntfs-3g    users,gid=users,fmask=133,dmask=022,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 0
proc                 /proc                proc       defaults              0 0
sysfs                /sys                 sysfs      noauto                0 0
debugfs              /sys/kernel/debug    debugfs    noauto                0 0
usbfs                /proc/bus/usb        usbfs      noauto                0 0
devpts               /dev/pts             devpts     mode=0620,gid=5       0 0
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD10EARS-00Y5B1_WD-WMAV52208128-part3 /home/habernir/DriveD ext4       acl,user_xattr        1 2

This is terribly wrong. Line 2 shows that swap is mounted on “/”, there’s an ext4 (i.e. linux) partition mounted as /home/habernir/DriveD.

I suggest you reinstall, and take a good look when setting up your partitions. There’s a couple of good reads in the ‘New User HOWTO and FAQ’ section.

i have two partition for ext4 and one swap
the “DriveD” is not the root
but now i see that i the root partition isn’t write there (in fstab)
should i write the root partition and the swap in there?

what ever change i made in fstab opensuse do the same thing over and over again

Yes, indeed, and it should. Your partitioning is completely wrong. If you stick to the defaults, you should have
A root partition, ext4, mounted on “/”
A /home partition, ext4, mounted on “/home”
A swap partition, swap, mounted on “swap”

You don’t have 2 ext4 partitions in your fstab. Please also post output of ‘fdisk -l’ if you can get it.

Partitioning is not a matter you deal with on ‘trial and error’ basis. We cannot see how you got to this fstab. Do yourself a favor and reinstall.

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Maybe just a wrong fstab, lets see the output of fdisk -l before tell
him to reinstall, so boot from a live CD and post here the output of the
fdisk -l command


VampirD

Microsoft Windows is like air conditioning
Stops working when you open a window.
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here is the output:

Disk /dev/sda: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders, total 1953525168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xdeffbfb5

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2048 206847 102400 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 206848 804976639 402384896 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 804976640 1953523711 574273536 83 Linux

Disk /dev/sdb: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x01e301e2

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 2048 464689151 232343552 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdb2 464689152 710529023 122919936 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdb3 710529024 714747903 2109440 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdb4 714747904 976773119 131012608 83 Linux

/dev/sda3 804976640 1953523711 574273536 83 Linux —>there are only backup data
/dev/sdb4 714747904 976773119 131012608 83 Linux ----> the opensuse files + home dir

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Well, backup your old fstab file (mv fstab fstab.old) and try this one


/dev/sdb4            /                    ext4       acl,user_xattr
1 1
/dev/sda3            swap                 swap       defaults
0 0
proc                 /proc                proc       defaults
0 0
sysfs                /sys                 sysfs      noauto
0 0
debugfs              /sys/kernel/debug    debugfs    noauto
0 0
usbfs                /proc/bus/usb        usbfs      noauto
0 0
devpts               /dev/pts             devpts     mode=0620,gid=5
0 0



VampirD

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Stops working when you open a window.
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it still ignore the fstap file it write me the same thing over and over again



mounting ... root=/dev/disk/by-id/MYHARDDRIVE-part4
mount ..... user_xattr -t 'swap' /dev/disk/by-id/MYHARDDRIVE-part4
.....
no job control in this shell
....
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Only to be sure before I say “reinstall”, you boot up with a liveCD,
and then mount your /dev/sdb4 as read/write and then modify the fstab or
you boot up with a liveCD and modify the /etc/fstab?

If you done the first, reinstall, else do the first


VampirD
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thanks anyway . soo its look like i’m going to reinstall :frowning: .