I'm in trouble - 'Can't mount root filesystem' - that sort of trouble.
I'm not out of the frame, just in trouble. A browser failed to download a
file - I tried 3 or 4 times, and it took 30-50K and then complained of an
internal error. I got out of X and found the kernel repeating a line about
reserving inodes for future disk acess - I didn't need to look twice, and
switched off. On bootup, there's no superblock, and e2fsck can't get in.
I've tried copies in 8K increments up to about 65537, but same result.
I did try badblocks, and it chewed for a long tiome, and quit, saying
nothing. I have the following setup (all ext2 partitions)
/dev/hdb5 /boot (2)
/dev/hdb7 / (2) With EVERYTHING on it - unmountable
These are another Mandrake 8.0 system - a fresh install, and the one I use
all the time, until it died. These are my second system.The machine also has
an earlier system
/dev/hda - inferior system usage
/dev/hdb1 /boot (1)
/dev/hdb6 / (1)
The earlier (1) system is a full Mandrake 8.0 system, but an update from a
beta, with a few annoying habits left over. It crashes: "Oh good, we have a
crash!" I'm told exactly what sort of a crash " A 250 MB core file is there
for you to enjoy; What do you want to do with this crash?" ....... (rant
restrained with difficulty). But it works, so I'm limited only by my
knowledge. This combination was set up for crashtesting, but Mandrake
couldn't seem to get software to Ireland :-/.
I tried
mount /dev/hdb7 - bad superblock
e2fsck -p /dev/hdb7
It spits me back a notice saying "Try e2fsck -b 8193"
I tried for copies in 8K increments up to 49153, and 65537. Same result.
Any other ideas? Somebody circulated some scripts to rescue this a while
back, but they're saved on the dud partition :-(
--
Regards,
Declan Moriarty
Applied Researches - Ireland's Foremost Electronic Hardware Genius
A Slightly Serious(TM) Company
Success covers a multitude of blunders - G.B. Shaw.
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