On Sun, Sep 10, 2006 at 04:42:12PM -0400, Mauricio Lin wrote: > I have upgraded my debian packages using ' apt-get dist-upgrade', but > afterwards the system cannot boot properly since it looks that > /dev/hda6 (my /home partition) is not found. > > The error message starts like: > > ********************* > fsck.ext3: no such file or directory while trying to open /dev/hda6 > > The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2 > filesystem. If the device is valid and it realy contains an etx2 file > system (and not swap or ufs or something else) then the superblock is > corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate > superblock: e2fsck-b 8193 > > ********************* > > It aslo provided a way to "Give root password for maintenance", but > under /dev there is no hda created. > > How can I solve this problem?
If you can get to a shell prompt, tell us the output of "fdisk -l /dev/hda". If not, boot from a LiveCD (e.g. Knoppix) and tell us the output. -- Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] Read my blog at nitpickingblog.blogspot.com. Reviews! Observations! Stupid mistakes you can correct! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
