Well I might consider the kernal recompile if I could fix the mount problem.
Jeanette
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Scottaline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, August 27, 1999 7:57 PM
Subject: Re: [[newbie] Strange Problem Need help from Mandrake soft]
> "Jeanette Russo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am still trying to repair my Mandrake 5.3 system. I still get the
> message at boot up that
> "an error occured during the file system check dropping you to shell
system
> will reboot when you leave the shell, give root password for maint"
> I have run e2fsck every which way and it shows no errors. I can mount
hda5
> manually and startx and everything works normally but no sound, and why I
> try to use the modem it tells me I have no PPP support.
> =============================================
> Is it possible that by mounting hda5 by hand, rather than through a normal
> "boot" process, the modules for ppp and your sound card are NOT loaded??
> ====================================================================
> Well it did
> yesterday before the crash. And when I reboot I am right back where I
> started. Dmesg | less shows no errors but why is the thing booting into
ro
> mode. etc/fstab looks fine same as before. Can someone from Mandrake
soft
> please help?
> I am out of ideas.
> On the other hand I have redhat 6 sitting here and I have been wanting to
> try gnome.
> ===================================================
> I still think attempting to recompile the kernel first is worth a try.
> Nothing to lose. Also, if you are going to attempt the RH 6 install, I
think
> it has an option for "upgrade". You might give that a try. That way your
> d/led software and settings might be saved. I beliece Mandrake gives such
an
> option, but I'm not sure about RH.
>
> Jeanette
> ====================
> Good Luck!!!
>
>
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