At 11:56 06/02/00 +0000, you wrote:
>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.
>
thanks for the advice, Richard.
i've done that, but still fails.the response was as follows :
fsck.ext2 : Is a directory while trying to open /
Parallelizing fsck version 1.14 ( 9-Jan-1999 )
fsck : fsck.swap : not found
fsck : Error 2 while executing fsck.swap for /dev/hda8.
could you give more hints on this message? did i lost my swap directory? do
i have to reinstall?
very many thanks for your attention.
frans t.
>What you are doing is checking the filesystem but NOT correcting the
>problems.
>
>--
>Regards Richard
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