On Sun, 06 Feb 2000, frans toruan wrote:
> today, i broke down my linux-box.
> it was when i was trying to set up my sound configuration by typing :
> pnpdump -c -d
> then, while executing, my box just hang. last message on the monitor is
> something like "device 252" ( or, is it "interface 252" ? ). every input
> device then just didn't accept any command. so, i had to reset. during
The reason it hung is possably because the probeing touched an
address it should not have touched, it can and DOES happen.
> boot-up, at the filesystem checking stage, a strange message showed
> up
> checking root file system
> fsck.ext2 : Is a directory while trying to open /
> after dropping into a maintenance shell as root, i did e2fsck. on
> /dev/hda7 and /dev/hda9 it's ok. but, on /dev/hda8 it said that i might try :
> e2fsck -b 8193 <device>
> i've tried :
> e2fsck -b 8193 /dev/hda7
> e2fsck -b 8193 /dev/hda9
> e2fsck -b 8193 /dev/hda8
> but, all failed. i still can't make the filesystem checking return to
> normal status. if i reset, it gives the same message ( e2fsck -b 8193
> <device> ) and i am offered again a shell or Ctrl-D.
> what should i do? i can't do init 1 or 3 ( can't check or see anything on
> the e2fs ). what've gone wrong? i'm lost!
> I'm running RHL 6.0 ( Hedwig ). it's dual booted to Win98 on /dev/hda5,
> then from Win 98 dual booted to WinNT on /dev/hda6. linux is booted from
> harddisk.
Just bootup once more, enter the root passwd, and type
fsck /dev/hdax
Note i say fsck and i use NO options.
Answer Y to all questions, BTW, there could be hundreds of them and
all "should" be ok.
What you are doing is checking the filesystem but NOT correcting the
problems.
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Regards Richard
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