Mandrke 5.3 is dead, long live Mandrake 6 Venus! Looks real pretty. Nicest
looking Linux I have ever seen.
Jeanette
----- Original Message -----
From: Joseph S. Gardner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, August 30, 1999 6:24 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Strange Problem Need help from Mandrake soft
> Jeanette Russo wrote:
>
> > Hi Axalon its the 2.0.36 kernel. I can run fsck from a floppy and it
shows
> > no problem. I have tried every option except ex2fsck -b which I can;'t
> > figure out the syntax. My HD is partitioned as follows
> > hda5 root
> > hda6 usr
> > hda7 swap.
> > everyone shows clean when I run fsck but if I run it from the command
line
> > it says segmentation fault. I can run ex2fsck from the command line and
> > shows clean. also if I mount the hda5 by hand I can start x and
everything
> > seems fine, but no sound or PPP support.
> > I can't find out what's wrong but it doesn't seem to be anything major.
> > I have checked etc/fstab and its fine.
> > dmesg | less
> > no error messages just that it found a file system problem and its going
to
> > drop to shell to repair enter root password, control D to reboot.
> > Jeanette
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Axalon Bloodstone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Saturday, August 28, 1999 12:07 AM
> > Subject: RE: [newbie] Strange Problem Need help from Mandrake soft
> >
> > > On 27-Aug-99 Jeanette Russo wrote:
> > > > I am still trying to repair my Mandrake 5.3 system. I still get
the
> > > > message at boot up that
> > > > "an error occured during the file system check dropping you to shell
> > system
> > > > will reboot when you leave the shell, give root password for maint"
> > > > I have run e2fsck every which way and it shows no errors. I can
mount
> > hda5
> > > > manually and startx and everything works normally but no sound, and
why
> > I
> > > > try to use the modem it tells me I have no PPP support. Well it did
> > > > yesterday before the crash. And when I reboot I am right back where
I
> > > > started. Dmesg | less shows no errors but why is the thing booting
into
> > ro
> > > > mode. etc/fstab looks fine same as before. Can someone from
Mandrake
> > soft
> > > > please help?
> > > > I am out of ideas.
> > > > On the other hand I have redhat 6 sitting here and I have been
wanting
> > to
> > > > try gnome.
> > > > Jeanette
> > >
> > > Hi Jeanette,
> > > When it prompts for the password give it, type
> > > fsck /dev/What_ever_it_whined_about
> > > If it prompts you for anything answer yes. Hit ctrl-d the machine will
> > > reboot, does it occur again? Is it the same device? If not just repeat
the
> > > proccess. If it is, what is the /dev/ entry? Whats the partitioning
> > > scheme? (fdisk -l /dev/hdX) Kernel version? (uname -r)
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/
> > > --Axalon
> > >
> > >
>
> Silly question, what are your partition sizes? Sorry if it's been asked
but I
> seem to have missed the earlier threads 8-).
>
> Is it possible that the /swap and /usr should be reversed? (seems to me I
recall
> reading that somewhere but have NO idea where)
>
> Joe
>
>
