On Wednesday 15 November 2000 16:35, you wrote:
> ai4a wrote:
> > civileme wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 14 November 2000 22:33, you wrote:
> > > > Hi all;
> > > > I am trying to be a good boy scout and be prepared. Since I do a lot
> > > > of messing around with linux, I am good at breaking it. So, I would
> > > > like to be able to boot another linux and when necessary, try to
> > > > repair my linux on hda5. My system is:
> > > > Mandrake 7.0
> > > > hda1 = linux /boot
> > > > hda2 = windoze
> > > > hda3 = extended
> > > > hda5 = linux /
> > > > hda6 = linux swap
> > > >
> > > > I have Tomsrtbt and I can boot it, make a /mnt/tmphda5 dir, mount
> > > > /mnt/tmphda5, and do things to hda5. Which is very good if I need to
> > > > change something on hda5. But, I would also like to be able to run
> > > > "e2fsck" -from tomsrtbt- on hda5. With hda5 NOT mounted when I run
> > > > e2fsck I get error message "Filesystem has unsupported features while
> > > > trying to open dev/hda5". How can I make a standalone boot disk that
> > > > will run "e2fsck" on hda5?
> > > > One thought I have is I have another 2 G HD. I could install it and
> > > > install a minimum command line linux on it and use that as a rescue
> > > > linux. Would that work?
> > > > Thanks
> > > > Charles
> > >
> > > First of all, put the CD in the drive and set to boot from it and hit
> > > f1 as soon as you see the opening graphic--Presto, instant rescue disk!
> > >
> > > If you want to use Tomsrtbt, you must go to Tom's site and download a
> > > newer version. His older version did not have support for ext2 sparse
> > > superblocks which was a new thing in 2.2 kernels.
> > >
> > > civileme
> > > --
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> >
> > Thanks Civileme. I will give that a try.
> > Charles
>
> I am so ignorant. I tried the F1 trick on my install CDROM (Mandrake 7.0).
> This goes to a help screen?? At that point I tried typing in 'rescue' and
> the program asked me to mount a floppy? I have no idea what it wants.
> What am I missing?
> What should I enter after I press F1?
> Thanks for the help
> Charles
Ack--On CD rescue was with 7.1--with 7.0 you have to accept the offer of a
boot/rescue disk during install.
Tom's latest will work for the e2fsck or fsck -t ext2 -- just tried it.
Civileme
