On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, John Aldrich wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> > To append the directly above:
> > I copied the bootup screen messages and the relative part
> > is as follows.
> > ------------------------------------
> > Checking filesystems
> > fsck.ext2: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/hdb1
> > (null):
> > The super block could not be read or does not descirbe a correct ext2
> > file system ( and not swap or something else), then the superblock
> > is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock:
> > e2fsck -b 8193 <device>
> >
> Try booting with a "rescue" disk and then "chroot
> /dev/hdxx" (drive & partition where / is located.)
> Then, mkswap /dev/hdb1. It *should* re-format the swap
> space, I think. Before you do this, though, you should wait
> awhile to see if someone (Axalon???) can provide a better
> suggestion. It *sounds* as if your swap space is FUBARED!
> John
>
Sorry wasn't following along, if it's just a swap drive reformat is ok.
whats the partition layout (again?) i thought the bad fs was hdc#
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