On Saturday 14 June 2003 22:44, rm wrote:

> This could be a problem.  The complete line when I do cat /etc/fstab
>
> dev/hda5      swap    swap    defaults        0 0
>
> does this mean I'm still fscking with the wrong device?
>
> The complete output looks like this:
>
> LABEL=/               /               ex2     defaults        1 1
> LABEL=/boot   /boot           ext2    defaults        1 2
> dev/fd0               /mnt/floppy     auto    noauto,owner    1 2
> none          /proc           proc    defaults        0 0
> none          /dev/pts        devpts  gid=5,mode=620  0 0
> dev/hda5      /swap           swap    defaults        0 0
> dev/cdrom     /mnt/cdrom      iso9660 noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0
>
> Sorry for sounding so helpless on this, I've usually been able to fudge
> my way around and correct any problems on this system - but this has
> been new ground.
>
> Thanks,
>
> regis

Ok, near to the solution. You have the right answer to your e2fsck since it's 
not ant ext2 fs but a swap partition. Now I think your troubles come from a 
wrong label in your boot partition or root one (/boot or /). As you can see 
from your fstab you give a LABEL description for your partitions, so if your 
partition label is not the correct one you might have that problem.

Try making this: from the shell run 'fdisk /dev/hda' and then give the 'p' 
command. You will have the partition table of hda. Sign all your partitions 
and then use 'q' command (quit). Now try using 'e2label /dev/hdax' with all 
your ext2 partitions (where x is the number of partition). If everything is 
right you will have to find labels / and /boot. If not so, you will have to 
label again your partitions (always with e2label) or (more simple) substitute 
your 'LABEL=/' in fstab with the right partition (like '/dev/hda1' or 
something similar). It would have to be simple to understand which partition 
is the root and the boot one (the boot only keeps kernels, so it would have 
to be very little).

I hope this is the right solution. Let me know.

Achille


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