This sounds similar to the problems I had, look at the mails with these headers: [expert] serious boot problem with 7.2 [expert] I fixed it!- was: serious boot problem with 7.2 The problem for me (NB: I'm not the only one who's had this problem) was in the /etc/fstab file : instead of 'defaults' it read 'noauto,user,rw' which is totally absurd. Check it out. ei On Sunday 03 December 2000 11:22, Bill Thompson wrote: > > Hi, > > I get the following error while trying to bootup a new 7.2 installation. > > INIT: version 2.78 booting > > Welcome to Linux Mandrake > > Press 'I' to enter interactive startup > > Mounting proc filesystem dup2: Bad file descriptor [FAILED] > Setting default font dup2: Bad file descriptor [FAILED] > " > " > " More of the same > " > " > /etc/rc.sysinit: /dev/null: Read-only file system > Checking root filesystem > dup2: Bad file descriptor > > *** An error occured during the file system check > *** Dropping you to a shell: > > I found messages about this on the web but no suggestions for a fix. > I re-installed a second time but the same thing happened after a > coupla days of use. On the second installation, I opted for lilo instead > of grub/aurora. Using a boot floppy, I ran /sbin/lilo but it didn't > help. > > Anyone have any ideas about this, > > > Bill > > New Quantum 20.3-GB HD - 500-MB MS-DOS6.22/4DOS > 20-MB /boot > 16-GB / > 130-MB swap > (the rest is not partitioned or formatted) > 256-MB RAM > Matrox G400 32-MB ---------------------------------------- Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; name="message.footer" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: ---------------------------------------- -- @~~ EagleIce ~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~@ @~~ Running GNU/Linux & KDE ~~@
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