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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