Filesystem Coundn't be fixed :(

kaseyd24 · n00b Joined: 03 Jun 2005 Posts: 2

I am booting up, which is furthest I have gotten.

Now after the
checking root filesystem...
fsck.ext2: is a directory while trying to open/
/:
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>

* filesystem couldn't be fixed

I have given my
/dev/hda1 and
/dev/hda3 both ext3 filesystems

Any ideas?

Sith_Happens · Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 3:41 am Post subject:

Post your fstab, it's probably some kind of error there. Also, are you sure you formatted them in ext3 and not ext2 by accident?
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projectle · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 30 Jan 2005 Posts: 90

It is most likely a problem with your fstab... probably forgot to write it when installing.

This is the standard message that you get when the kernel can not even see that the hard drive exists.

Sith_Happens · Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 3:09 pm Post subject:

Seather · Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 12:15 am Post subject:

Make sure the kernel has your /dev/hda3 and /dev/hda1 entries available! That error will come up if they're not there! (this happens when compiling a kernel with devfs on a 2005.0 install for example...)

Jim6 · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 08 Apr 2005 Posts: 102

What do you mean by that? I'm having this problem too

I definitely have ext3 support compiled into the kernel, if that's what you mean. Also, it's not the hardware; e2fsck running from a Knoppix cd thinks that the drive's fine.

~> Since the partition works grand under Knoppix (I can mount it, and use it happily) surely it's formatted right, no?

Edit:
Problem solved! Looks like 2005.0 uses udev and not devfs!

Open up your grub.conf, and change your kernel line to read:

Seather · Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 12:12 pm Post subject:

Yes is what I said, if you build a kernel with "automatically mount devfs on boot" switched on, the root /dev/hdXX entry will not be available and it will fail to mount.

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