fsck won't save my /boot partition: bad superblock. At this point, i think i should fdisk hda6 and copy the /boot from knoppix over to it. Then go back and install whatever kernel rpm i feel like.
Does this make sense? Or should i let the install cd format that section, and do a mini install? Thanks for any advice, eric I'd like some advice on this one: My /boot partition is bad. Bad superblock, can't fsck it from knoppix. At this point, i think i should fdisk hda6 and copy the /boot from knoppix over to it. Does this make sense? Or should i let the install cd format that section, and do a mini install? Right now, /boot has (had) it's own partition: was hda5, now hda6 after resizing an ntfs partition. Should i keep it in it's own partition? Right now any advice on how to proceed would be greatly appreciated, I am running ML 9.1. Thanks in advance, eric Previously i posted to newbie. Don't know if any of the following is useful: On Saturday 14 June 2003 06:41 am, Eric Huff wrote: > Hi folks, > > Lesson learned today: no resizing of ntfs partitions because all those > margaritas are keeping you from sleeping... > > Here's what i did: My ntfs partion was hda1, > /boot hda5 > / hda6 > > I shrunk the ntfs (successfuly) at the cli. > I think at this point, it told me that it renamed the partitions, so that > the new one was hda5, > hda5 became hda6, ... > > Then, i went to diskdrake (which i prolly should have done first) > and formatted and mounted hda5 as /stuff. > It didn't show as formatted in diskdrake, but i could go into it and make > files, etc. So i very dumbly decided that was a good time to reboot. > > Well, when i reboot, i get kernel panic for no INIT > and when i "upgrade" i find that hda6 (which is where /boot is) has errors > that the install cd can't fix. > > Ok, so what should i do now? I have heard people on the list say it is not > necessary to put /boot on it's own part, so feel free to suggest any > appropriate options. > > I will go off and google now, but i trust you folks a lot more, so > hopefully someone will know the fix. > > As far as i can tell, just getting the /boot dir functional and maybe > redoing the bootloader should be enough. > > If it helps, lilo is working fine, and it does still boot into windows just > fine. >
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