>I've never seen this on a Linux box - usually it just runs fsck >automatically. I don't want to scare you too much, but if you have >access to another box, you might want to get hold of a root/boot >disk and reboot / run fsck from there (when I saw this on a HPUX9 >box it took a long time to sort out).
My Linux book says it can happen and I tried the various fsck options it suggests. I'll keep playing with it, there isn't anything important on it, I keep that elsewhere, so it doesn't matter what happens. It's just for fun and to avoid Windows (which is fun in itself). The machine has a working Windows partition, would it be possible to mount the Linux partition from Windows and repair it? aedan -- Windows XP = eXPerimental or eXtraProfits. Make your choice, you're going to end up paying for it anyway. http://www.surak.freeserve.co.uk http://homepage.mac.com/aedan/ -------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------
