On Mon, 07 Aug 2000, you wrote:
> Hello everyone!
>
> I installed Mandrake 7.1 about a month ago (previously using Redhat
> 6.2) on my Dell laptop. During the install, I repartitioned part of
> the hard drive (IBM-DKLA-23240), merging two previously separate Linux
> partitions.
>
> Now the problem is this: every now and then (not always) when I
> restart my machine, fsck reports: "/dev/hda7 contains a file system
> with errors, check forced" (hda7 is my root-partition). It then finds
> about 10 problematic files saying "Setting filetype for entry XXX in
> YYY to 6". These files are the same every time.
>
> I first disabled supermount, thinking this might the problem, but no
> change ocurred. I then ran fsck manually. Badblocks reported no
> problems, and fsck seemed to find some problems, repairing them. But
> the problem remains. What really confuses me is that fsck only reports
> these problems once in a while.
>
> So, I ask you, how do I proceed? What might be the problem?
>
> Jesper
If your partition is larger than 8 GB (And you're using GRUB) that could be your
problem.
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-David Talbot
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