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oshman
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 Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 3:12 am Post subject: e2fsck problem |
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I get an error during boot saying:
| Code: | mounting /dev/hda3 e2fsck: cannot continue aborting
Fsck could not correct all errors, manual repair needed |
I thought I activated all necessary tools for ext3 in the kernel but apparently not.
Anyone know how to fix this?
Thnx
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nephros
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| Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 12:33 pm Post subject: |
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After that error you should either be at a login prompt, or at a root console.
If you get a prompt, log in with your root password and do a
| Code: | | /sbin/fsck.ext3 /dev/hda3 |
Answer any questions fsck might ask you (usually the right answer is yes).
Reboot after this is through.
That should be all, good luck!
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oshman
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| Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 10:00 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the reply,
I ran
| Code: | | /sbin/fsck.ext3 /dev/hda3 |
It said somthing about e2fsck doing harm to a mounted file system. Since this is a new install I went ahead and ran it. It finished with no errors but I still get the problem at boot.
Is there a way for e2fsck to be started automatically during boot?
Thanx,
oshman
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nephros
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| Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 6:47 pm Post subject: |
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| oshman wrote: | | Is there a way for e2fsck to be started automatically during boot? |
Actually, this is already done.
The error message you are seeing happens when fsck encounters errors which can't be fixed without the user interacting (because there may be data lost).
Try explicitly umounting the partition before you run the above command.
If it is the root (/) partition, this won't work (because / must always be mounted, and the fsck binary lives on /sbin). In that case, boot with the livecd and run it from there.
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| Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2005 7:02 am Post subject: |
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| Check your kernel logs for errors. There may be a fundamental hardware, driver, filesystem, OS, or other software problem. What does your /etc/fstab look like? |
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oshman
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Thanks for the response. katsiki was right - there was just a problem with /etc/fstab. I had the ext3 partition listed as /boot - I just removed the boot and make the other reiser partition into /home. That took care of it.
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| Great! Then you can add [SOLVED] or somesuch to the Subject line. Best wishes with your new install. |
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