[expert] can't mount root filesystem and can't fix it

[Mike Fieschko]

>>> "Alan" == Alan Shoemaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

[snip]

    Alan> The superblock could not be read or does not describe a
    Alan> correct ext2 filesystem.  If the device is valid and it
    Alan> really contains an ext2 filesystem (and not swap or ufs or
    Alan> something else), then the superblock is corrupt, and you
    Alan> might try running e2fsk with an alternate superblock: e2fsk
    Alan> -b 8193 <device>

[snip]

Can you boot off a floppy and do 

fdisk [device]

and print out (to console) the starting and ending points of the
partition?

Then quit fdisk _without_ _modifying_ _any_ _partition_.

Are the values returned by this invocation of fdisk correct?

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