>At 17:16 06/02/00 -0800, you wrote:
>>What are your partitions? It sounds like hda8 is a swap volume. That isn't a
>>filesystem, so you shouldn't try to check it with fsck, which checks
>>filesystems. You only want to fsck your actual filesystems.
>yes, i guess hda8 is my swap partition.
>the / is on hda7
>
>>You need to run fsck on each filesystem partition that is part of the
>>overall filesystem that Linux mounts, then tell it "yes" to everything it
>>asks. If this doesn't get you a bootable Linux system, post again, but this
>>time be very specific about your hard-disk organization, the exact commands
>>you are entering, and the associated errors.
i can't be more specific about my hd organization, that's all that i can
remember.
>ok, i'll try that this evening. ( btw, the linux we are talking is at my
>home ), and i'll keep you posted.
report of my homework last night : - )
i've done fsck on /dev/hda[7-9]. everytime it's ok ( meaning : partition
clean, no questions asked ) except on /dev/hda8 :
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.
i've done e2fsck too on /dev/hda[7-9]. again each time it's ok, except on
/dev/hda8 :
e2fsck 1.14, 9-Jan-1999 for EXT 2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09
/couldn't find ext2 superblock, trying backup blocks ...
e2fsck : Bad magic numbers in super-block while trying to open
/dev/hda8
The superblock could not be read or does not describe a
correct ext2
filesystem.
If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2
filesystem ( 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 <device>
should i do e2fsck -b 8193 /dev/hda8 or e2fsck -b 8193 /dev/hda9 ?
i've tried both, but both doesn't work.
>>Also mention how much memory
>>you have in your system (might it be so little that you need swap to boot
>>... or, more accurately, to run through your init scripts?).
>the memory is 32 MB.
can't check my init scripts, i can't even boot into linux.
>>
>>>From what you've written, I *think* all you are running into is the fact
>>that you can't fsck a swap partition.
>>
>if yes, then, what should i do?
again, do i have to re-install ?
>>
>>------------------------------------"Never tell me the odds!"---
>>Ray Olszewski -- Han Solo
>>Palo Alto, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>very many thanks.
and again, thanks for your helps.
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