Thanks. I got it back running following most of your suggestions. Bobby
---- Original message ---- >Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 11:35:48 +0800 >From: John Summerfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: boot error during SL5.0 startup >To: "sc >> Mailling list for Scientific Linux users worldwide" ><[email protected]> > >Bobby Barnett wrote: >> Hi Troy, >> >> I have been using SL5 for about 6 months without any problems. I installed >> this with CD's downloaded from your site. My machine is a Sun workstation >> with 2 core and two disks that were linked together during this install. >> >> I was in a hurry to logout on Friday morning and instead of logging out, I >> hit shutdown instead. Now I can not boot the system. I get the error >> fsck.ext3: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/sdc >> [FAILED] >> >> I can't seem to work around this. I briefly tried the rescue disk without >> much success. This computer is for protein crystallographic refinement and >> it is a one man shop, and unfortunately without a linux support staff. Any >> suggestions would be appreciated. > >Reboot the rescue CD. Allow it to find and mount existing installations. >Do you feel like you're getting conflicting advice about now? (I'm >right, he's wrong!). > >For some reason, your system is trying to fsck a whole disk, not a >partition. Probably, there's an error in /etc/fstab. > >Your rescue system should tell you where it's mounted stuff. Use the >chroot command to go there: >chroot /mnt/sysimage # or whatever >vim /etc/fstab -c /hdc ># If you're trying to mount /dev/sdc, change it to /dev/sdc1. Use the >arrows to position to the "c" than type "a1" and press <ESC> >If the result looks with, enter ":wq" then >exit >and try to boot from the hard disk. > >If not, post us the contents of /etc/fstab _from the installed system_ > >If you don't like vim, nano should be present too, but it confuses me. > > > > > >-- > >Cheers >John > >-- spambait >[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] >-- Advice >http://webfoot.com/advice/email.top.php >http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html >http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 > >You cannot reply off-list:-) Bobby L. Barnett PhD Department of Chemistry University of Cincinnati PO Box 210172 301 Clifton Court Cincinnati, OH 45221-0172 Phone:(513)556-9230 Lab:(513)556-9214 FAX:(513)556-9239
