I'm having an unusual problem. I installed SuSE 6.1 several times testing
different configurations without experiencing problems until early this
week. Something is now causing a problem with not being able to read the
SCSI drives in my system. My boot drive, an IDE, is still working properly.
The message (see bottom of page) indicates a bad superblock.
Using the Rescue floppy from one of the previous installs, I am able to
boot completely and run without problems, including access to both of the
SCSI hard drives.
This is the displayed message (as much of it as I can see) when the problem
occurs:
insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.5/scsi/sd_mod.o; insmod block-major-8 failed
fsck.ext2; Operation not supported by device while trying to open
/dev/sdb1 /dev/sdb1:
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 night try running 32fsck with an alternate superblock:
e2fsck -b 8193 <device>
after remounting / as rw, that attempt results in:
(none): ~ # e2fsck -b 8193 /dev/sdb1
e2sfck 1.14, 9-Jan-1999 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09
insmod: /lib/modules/s.s.5/scsi/sd_mod.o: insmod block-major-8 failed
insmod: /lib/modules/s.s.5/scsi/sd_mod.o: insmod block-major-8 failed
insmod: /lib/modules/s.s.5/scsi/sd_mod.o: insmod block-major-8 failed
insmod: /lib/modules/s.s.5/scsi/sd_mod.o: insmod block-major-8 failed
e2fsck: Operation not supported by device while trying to open /dev/sdb1
The same results occur when I try to use the rescue disk from the
re-install but not from my original rescue disk.
I don't think that the superblock is corrupt or I would have the same
problem from my original rescue disk. I've loaded RedHat 6.0 after the
failed SuSE install and it worked without a problem but I prefer to be able
to reload SuSE and use it without a floppy.
Any ideas?
I'm attaching the (I think) appropriate log files.
System info:
M/B ASUS P5T2P4
CPU AMD K5-100
MEM 64MB
HD1 WD 31000 IDE hdax
(/,/boot,/root,/home,/usr,/var as separate partitions)
HD2 Conner CFP 1080S sda (ID0)
(/stuff)
HD3 Conner CFP 1080S sdb (ID1)
(/opt)
Adaptec 2940 controller (ID7) V1.16 bios
FD1 Teac FD235HF
VGA Diamond Stealth S3 Vision 868 bios V1.02
NET Clone PCI ethernet 10Mbps (NE-2000 mode)
SB AWE32 CT3900 (IDE port disabled)
TAPE Colorado Jumbo250
TAPE CTRL: Colorado FC-20
CD-ROM NEC CDR-1610A SCSI (ID=4)
MOUSE Logitech FirstMouse M-C43
This has all been in the system and working from early May until this week.
THIS MESSAGE HAS ALSO BEEN SENT TO [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Tom
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Tom Taylor Sr. Development Technician
Telemedic Systems, Inc. 253.529.0526
Member: PSLUG http://sealinux.itsite.com
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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When you get to the point where you really understand your
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