--- Andrew Mathews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Net Llama wrote: > > > > --- Andrew Mathews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > All- > > > On one of my Caldera 3.1 workstations I ran the Caldera System > Update > > > for the 2.4 kernel upgrades and upon reboot the system hangs when > > > mounting /boot which is ext2. The other partitions are all > reiserfs. > > > Booting from the rescue disk has the same results. No errors, just > > > stops > > > at: mounting /boot on /dev/sdb2. All drives are perfectly > functional > > > for > > > SCSI diagnostics and a small partition for Win98 which boots fine > from > > > sdb4. Was the update and boot failure coincidence or has anyone > else > > > seen this? > > > > Perhaps it needs or is attempting a fsck? > > > > ===== > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Lonni J. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > That's what I thought at first but after 30 minutes with no disk > activity it seemed improbable. Right now I'd *love* to be able to fsck > it.
Well, use a boot disk, and then attempt to manually fsck it. ===== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lonni J. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux FAQ & Step-by-step help: http://netllama.ipfox.com . __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
