[GTALUG] Remove drive, system won't boot

[Evan Leibovitch]

Hi again,

Sorry for two system problems over the holidays, but this last one truly
has me stumped.

Last week I had a problem trying to back up files onto a large drive using
a USB enclosure.

This week I've tried to complete the install, and of course it could not go
without problems....

The config is:
SDD with /boot and /
HDD1 with /var, /home and swap
HDD2 has one data partition
HDD3 has one data partition
I am trying to replace HDD2 with HDD3.

HDD3 installs and mounts just fine. But if I unplug HDD2, the machine
refuses to boot. Taking it to recovery mode eventually ends up in a
hardware freeze. Plugging it back in goes to a normal boot, even though the
HDD2's partition is no longer mounted to anything.

I've tried to eliminate the BIOS as a source of the problem, have updated
it to the latest version and ensured that the disk-to-be-removed is not
seen in any BIOS configurations.

I attach the one log file I am able to capture, since it freezes before
mounting /var.

As best as I can tell the freeze happens during the point of the bootup
where it's running fsck on the drives. It may be looking for the removed
HDD2 but I don't know where it's remembering to look for it. HDD2 is no
longer in /etc/fstab and I searched in vain for any instance of the UUID of
HDD2 in either /boot or /etc.

Any suggestions?


-- 
Evan Leibovitch, Toronto Canada
@evanleibovitch or @el56
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