Never mind! I was not properly wiping out the existing partitions. Everything seems to work now.
Jim Harford --- On Thu, 4/9/09, Jim Harford <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Jim Harford <[email protected]> > Subject: [Moblin Dev] Cannot load onto an Asus EeePC 901 > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, April 9, 2009, 8:43 PM > > Hi, > I got the latest Moblin image from the web site and burned > it onto a USB memory stick. I want to install Moblin > onto an Asus EeePC 901, fresh out of the box. I am > able to boot from the USB stick & run the live demo. > > When I try to "boot and install", I am guided through the > installation process. I specify language, time zone, > password; the hard disk partition is written; everything > looks good. The installer tells me it has successfully > completed. When a reboot, a few seconds after the > splash screen, I get the following error: > > fsck.ext3: No such file or directory while trying to open > /dev/sda5 > /dev/sda5: > The superblock could not be read or does not describe a > correct ext2 filesystem. If the device 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: > ef2fsck -b 8193 <device> > > I tried this: ef2fsck -b 8193 /dev/sda5. It > complained about a bad magic number in the superblock and > repeated the same error. > > I have tried this several times with the same results. > > Help! > > Thanks, > Jim Harford (Dr. Disco) > _______________________________________________ > Moblin dev Mailing List > [email protected] > > To manage or unsubscribe from this mailing list visit: > https://lists.moblin.org/mailman/listinfo/dev or your > user account on http://moblin.org once logged in. > > For more information on the Moblin Developer Mailing lists > visit: > http://moblin.org/community/mailing-lists > _______________________________________________ Moblin dev Mailing List [email protected] To manage or unsubscribe from this mailing list visit: https://lists.moblin.org/mailman/listinfo/dev or your user account on http://moblin.org once logged in. For more information on the Moblin Developer Mailing lists visit: http://moblin.org/community/mailing-lists
