On Sat, 2003-06-14 at 13:31, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Saturday 14 June 2003 19:46, rm wrote: > > Thanks for the reply. Obviously I'm not so sharp on picking up which > > drive is which. I ran e2fsck -f -c /dev/hda5 > > and got the following response: > > > > "WARNING!!! Running e2fsck on a mounted filesystem may cause SEVERE > > filesystme damage. > > > > Do you really want me to continue (y/n)?" > > > > I was just about to enter "y" when the all caps "SEVERE" caused me to > > hesitate. Is this a typical warning or should I do something to try to > > "unmount" the filesystem before continuing? > > > > thanks > > > > regis > > Maybe you have already your system running (normal boot and your system in > /dev/hda). If so, try to boot from installation cd selecting 'linux rescue' > on boot prompt and then e2fsck on your partition. If it gives the same > warning, unmount your partition. If I'm not wrong it is mounted in > /mnr/rootfs, so give 'umount /mnt/rootfs' and then your e2fsck > > Achille
Thanks for the reply Achille, I tried running e2fsck from 'linux resue' as you suggested. I got the following response: "Couldn't find ext2 superblock, trying backup blocks... e2fsck: Dand magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/hda5 The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2 filesystem. If the devis is valid and it really contains an ext2 filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock: e2fsck -b 8193 <device>" When I try running e2fsck -b 8193 /dev/hda5 as suggested, I get the same error message. Any ideas on how to correct the corrupt superblock, or otherwise correct this? thanks in advance, regis -- rm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
