Patrick, You are not going to find a menu option to fix things for you unfortunately, but you should be able to get back to a bootable system.
The menu from rescue will include mounting all your filesystems under /mnt. Do that. Then select the console option so you get a command prompt. >From there you probably need to edit /etc/fstab, only now it will be /mnt/etc/fstab. Take out the line which is trying to mount the offending partition (assuming it's one that the system can function without). Now you should be able to boot and hopefully resolve whatever screwed up. This is still not really step by step advice I guess, so post again with specific questions if you come up against a brick wall. HTH Brian On Sun, 2002-11-10 at 08:26, Patrick Griffin wrote: > Hi Paul, > Unfortunately the cd rom is not bootable. I booted from the > floppy and typed rescue at the prompt but none of the available options seem > to be of any help I can list the file systems on each hd but that just > confirms what I already know. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2002 11:50 PM > Subject: Re: [newbie] rescue > > > > In reply to Patrick's mail, d.d. Sat, 9 Nov 2002 22:37:00 +1100: > > > > Boot from the first setup cd, hit ESC at the graphics screen and type > > "rescue". > > That will boot you into linux. From there you are root and you can fix > > things up. > > Paul > > > > >Hi All, > > > I'M running mandrake 8.2 and have just installed squid and set it > > > up to cache on my second hd. All was going well then the hd > crashed > > > and now the system won't boot it says that sdb5 does not contain > a > > > valid ext2 file system. How do I repair this I have another hd > > > replkacement but the same problem exists. help please > > > > -- > > The future is the most expensive luxury in the world. > > -Thornton Wilder > > > > http://nlpagan.net - Linux Mandrake 8.2 - Sylpheed 0.8.3 > > Help Microsoft combat software piracy: give Linux to a friend today! > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > > ---- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- -------------------------------- Click Now Consulting 0414 325 521 This e-mail and any attachments were prepared without the use of any Microsoft products and can therefore be reliably assumed to be free of viruses. Nevertheless, the use of current virus detection software is highly recommended if you are using any version of Windows to read this message.
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