On Sunday 03 March 2002 15:04, you wrote:
> Ok I used DiskDrake to resize my swap partition and created a new
> partition, /data, with the extra space.  Now when I reboot I get an error
> and lockup.  It says fsck: bad superbolck in /dev/hdb6 (the new partition)
>
> I get an option to correct the errors with yes/no selects, but it locks up
> here.
>
> I tried booting in failsafe and nonfb and noticed in the text boot up that
> when swapon /dev/hdb5 ( my swap partition) is run, it fails with an invalid
> arguement.
>
> Can anyone tell me what I did wrong and how I can fix it?
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff
Jeff, when you set up the partition did you format it? there is a button on 
the gui to format.  If you didn't it won't see the partition as usable.  HTH
-- 
Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842

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