Ok what was your first ques tion?
On Tue, 08 Feb 2000, Funboy mewed:
> go for it, i'm listening
>
> Vic wrote:
>
> > I just caught your message, I myself am a newbie so I will probably need
> > to help you step by step, I might be a tad slow, but I will try my best
> >
> > On Tue, 08 Feb 2000, Phil Cziao mewed:
> > >
> > > my apologies to all who have to read this again, but i posted this and
> > > haven't received a response. i don't know whether this is because my
> > > mail server snafu'd or what, but i'm reposting it because i REALLY need
> > > help with this.
> > >
> > > as additional info, i'll add that my filesystem's ext2, i have mandrake
> > > 6.1, bash works fine when i get to the maintenance shell, dmesg shows
> > > that all my IDE dev's were recognized and running the install cds again
> > > with the 'update' option does not help. i'm worried that choosing
> > > 'install' will overwrite my previous config. (something i do not want to
> > > happen at any cost.)
> > >
> > > will someone be a pal and lend a hand?
> > > :)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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> > > Subject: [newbie] fsck prob
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> > >
> > > hello.
> > >
> > > big problem.
> > > i had to disconnect my system components for maintenance and when i
> > > reconnected them (with a new cpu), everything went haywire on the
> > > bootup. since then, i managed to get to the "unmounting old kernel"
> > > bit.
> > > then, it says that my linux partition (hda3) was not cleanly unmounted
> > > last time, check forced. fsck goes to work, then exits at a consistent
> > > 4.6% with error code 11.
> > > i then have the option to go in for maintenance, but my filesystem's now
> > > read-only, so i can't do a thing. please let me know what fsck is
> > > finding wrong and/or how to mount the filesystem to read-write.
> > > i can't change any config files without that, and i have a new cpu and
> > > mainboard on, so a recompile is in order.
> > > also, fyi, i replaced an isa sound card with a pci sound card and
> > > removed a hard drive (slave, not master)
> > > help, please...
> > > must run.
> > > my windows went nutty too and i only have a limited time left before it
> > > magically reboots itself.
> > >
> > > ~phil
> > >
> > >
> >
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