I think that I had a messy trouble!!!!! I had a boot floppy of Mandrake 8.1, but it is from another install of Mandrake!!! I don't know if it'll work properly.
However, if one of my tries to recover the system I remember that I gat a root prompt, but I cannot open mc to edit any of those files!!!! Although I think I opened vi to do that..!!! Well, I'll give a try to this boot disk from another install Bye!! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Derek Jennings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 9:57 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Superblocks corrupted after a change in fstab .... > Can you boot from your Boot floppy? > > If so you should be able to fix it. It looks as if you have edited the > lilo.conf and fstab files incorrectly > > Your lilo.conf file should look something like this :- > > default=linux-2.4.8-34 > boot=/dev/hda > map=/boot/map > install=/boot/boot.b > vga=normal > keytable=/boot/uk.klt > lba32 > prompt > timeout=50 > message=/boot/message > menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw > image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.8-34.1mdk > label=linux-2.4.8-34 > root=/dev/hda5 > read-only > optional > vga=normal > append=" hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi devfs=nomount quiet" > initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.8-34.1mdk.img > > ***SNIP more stanzas follow > > Here I have defined IDE devices hdd and hdd as SCSI emulation. > I am running with devfs disabled, but you may not need to do that. > (In my system the CD writer would not work with devfs enabled) > I am using the updated kernel so my Lilo points to the 2.4.8-34 image. > > After modifying /etc/lilo.conf be sure to run /sbin/lilo as root and be sure > there are no error messages or else you will not be able to boot. (This could > well be your problem) > > Now my /etc/fstab file looks like this :- > > /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom auto > iocharset=iso8859-1,user,exec,noauto,codepage=850,nodev 0 0 > /dev/scd1 /mnt/cdrom2 auto > iocharset=iso8859-1,user,exec,noauto,codepage=850,nodev 0 0 > > (these two statements occupy one line each. there is a space before and after > 'auto') > device hdc is now referred to as /dev/scd0 and hdd has become /dev/scd1 > Note you do not need any 'dev=xxxx' in the fstab file. > > If you can get in to make these corrections you should be OK > > derek > > > > On Sunday 20 January 2002 00:14, ngn wrote: > > Hi folks...I have the following trouble: I have a cd-copier & a cd-reader, > > Due to I want to perform direct cd copying I made some changes in fstab and > > lilo.conf. > > > > For example: when in fstab appeared /dev/cdrom1 I put instead > > dev=/dev/scd1 (This was to made SCSI simulation on the cd-reader) > > I get both the cd-r & the cd-wr recognized by the front-ends of burning > > although I cannot make any "on-the-fly" copies [This is another > > problem!!!]... > > > > > The problem starts to arose when I tried to install some packages from the > > download cd's... When Software Manager asks for the cd1, I put it on the > > reader, and it ejects me the cd like it was a wrong one!!! > > > > Well, here is when the problem arises!!!!!!...Due to my big ignorance I > > open the file fstab and when it says dev=/dev/scd1 [IT IS MY CD-R] I put > > something like this "dev=/dev/scd1,/dev/cdrom" > > > > After that I rebooted and neither I can run the label failsafe nor the > > "normal" linux entrie on lilo. Moreover I cannot bot in "linux > > 2-2.secure". > > > > When I tried to boot in any of those entries it stops in the "Checking root > > filesystem" step with a msg like this : > > " The Superblocks on the device are corrupted, try to run an fsck" and it > > says more things that I do not remember now. > > However, one thing sounds strange for me.....It's says that I had to run > > fsck when my root partition is on a journallised file system [EXT3] > > > > Well, I know that this post might be very large, but... Unless I have a > > solution, I'll have to re-install Linux-Mandrake 8.1 > > > > Thanks in Advance > > > > Nicolas Gomez > > Montevideo, URUGUAY > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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