On 2/25/2001 09:38, Leannne Rommelaere at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I hust rebooted my linux box which has been functioning perfectly well
> prior to this. This is the error message I got a t boot up during the
> root fs check:
> fsck.ext2: no such file or directory when trying to open d/dev/hda1
>
> The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2
> fs. If the device is valid and if it really contains an ext2 fs (not
> swap or ufs or something else) the superblock is corrupt. and you might
> try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock:
> e2fsck -b 8193 -b <device>
>
> fsck failed. Please repair manually and reboot. Please note that the
> root fs is currently mounted read only. To remount it read-write
> #mount -n -o remount, rw /
>
> CTRL-D will reboot or
> Give root password for maintenance:
Is this a dual boot machine? Ie: do you switch between windows and Linux on
the same disk? If that's true, did you just install windows on it as well?
If yes, then windows overwrote the MBA with it's own and thus LILO doesn't
work. If you have data on the Linux partitions, grap Explore2fs
(http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/explore2fs.htm). It's a little
windows program that allows you to read the ext2 partitions on your system
but looks like Windows Explorer. You can then copy everything you need to a
floppy and reinstall.
If this is a dual boot system, instead of using the same hard drive for
winblows and Linux, use separate drives. The reason is exactly the problem
you describe above. If you use 2 drives, you will never have this problem.
If you MUST use a single drive, install Windoze first, and then Linux and
put lilo in the Linux partition as opposed to the MBR.
Better yet, buy another PC and only run Linux on it. :-)
HTH.
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