Hi Steve,
OK I tried to e2fsck /dev/hda5 but it wants a switch or something not sure
which switch to use. But I got a tmsrbt disk and ran fsck.ext2 -t on
dev/hda5,6,7 and they all check out ok except 7 can't find superblock but I
think thats my swap?
Anyother thing to try?
Thanks
Jeanette
----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Philp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 1999 10:12 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] An error occured in file system check
> Jeanette Russo wrote:
> >
> > I was using dosemu and had a crash. When I rebooted I got this
message,
> > An error occured in file system check dropping you to shell. The system
> > will now reboot when you leave the shell. Give root password for maint.
> > Then I give the root password and I try to start x and get this x11
> > transport cannot connect error=2 giving up. xinit no such file or
directory.
> > Unable to connect to x server.
> > Can this be fixed? If so can some one give me some good instructions I
> > never had to try to fix Linux before?
>
> The error message will include the partition that has problems. Use
> that information in this command:
>
> e2fsck <partition>
>
> After it runs through all of the filesystem repairs, exit out and reboot
> the machine. It should come back up it's usual perky self.
>
> Good luck!
>
> --
> Steve Philp
> Network Administrator
> Advance Packaging Corporation
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
