Jeanette Russo wrote:

> Hi Axalon its the 2.0.36 kernel.  I can run fsck from a floppy and it shows
> no problem.  I have tried every option except ex2fsck -b which I can;'t
> figure out the syntax.   My HD is partitioned as follows
> hda5 root
> hda6 usr
> hda7 swap.
> everyone shows clean when I run fsck but if I run it from the command line
> it says segmentation fault.  I can run ex2fsck from the command line and
> shows clean.  also if I mount the hda5 by hand I can start x and everything
> seems fine, but no sound or PPP support.
> I can't find out what's wrong but it doesn't seem to be anything major.
> I have checked etc/fstab and its fine.
> dmesg | less
> no error messages just that it found a file system problem and its going to
> drop to shell to repair enter root password, control D to reboot.
> Jeanette
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Axalon Bloodstone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Saturday, August 28, 1999 12:07 AM
> Subject: RE: [newbie] Strange Problem Need help from Mandrake soft
>
> > On 27-Aug-99 Jeanette Russo 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.  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.
> > > Jeanette
> >
> > Hi Jeanette,
> >   When it prompts for the password give it, type
> > fsck /dev/What_ever_it_whined_about
> > If it prompts you for anything answer yes. Hit ctrl-d the machine will
> > reboot, does it occur again? Is it the same device? If not just repeat the
> > proccess. If it is, what is the /dev/ entry? Whats the partitioning
> > scheme? (fdisk -l /dev/hdX) Kernel version? (uname -r)
> >
> >
> > --
> > MandrakeSoft          http://www.mandrakesoft.com/
> >                                         --Axalon
> >
> >

Silly question,  what are your partition sizes?  Sorry if it's been asked but I
seem to have missed the earlier threads 8-).

Is it possible that the /swap and /usr should be reversed? (seems to me I recall
reading that somewhere but have NO idea where)

Joe

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