Boot Error please help

t3rm1nal · Apprentice Joined: 17 May 2004 Posts: 173 Location: US

here is the error I get on boot:
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fsck.ext2: No such file or directory while trying to open /dev/BOOT
/dev/BOOT:
The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2
filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2
filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock
is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock:
e2fsck -b 8193 <device>

* Fsck could not correct all errors, manual repair needed [!!]

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i also want to note that it boots fine with control-d (normal startup)

can someone please tell me how to go about handling this?
Thanks for any and all help.
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30726 · Veteran Joined: 24 Sep 2003 Posts: 1501

Did you replace BOOT and ROOT in /etc/fstab with actual partitions?

t3rm1nal · Apprentice Joined: 17 May 2004 Posts: 173 Location: US

the problem was in /etc/fstab:
i was specifying the wrong filesysystem type. ext2 instead of ext3

thanks for the help!
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