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Re: [PLUG] file system error on boot


On Sat, Mar 30, 2002 at 10:31:37AM -0500, Time wrote:
> Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2002 10:31:37 -0500
> From: Time <time@clockbot.net>
> To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org
> Subject: Re: [PLUG] file system error on boot
> 
> On Sat, Mar 30, 2002 at 12:36:48AM -0500, Jon Galt wrote:
> > Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2002 00:36:48 -0500 (EST)
> > From: Jon Galt <jongalt@pinn.net>
> > To: Plug List <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
> > Subject: [PLUG] file system error on boot
> > 
> > Greetings fellow PLUGgers, I have a friend with this problem:
> > 
> > Being much less of an expert than I would like to be, I think it'll be
> > more productive to just ask if anybody here can help...
> > 
> > So, what's a superblock, and what should I tell him to do?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Wayne
> > 
> > -------- Original Message --------
> > Subject: Re: [TriLUG] filesystem error on upgrade to RH 7.2
> > 
> > I still cannot get RH 7.2 running on my machine (5-year-old
> > Intrex, pentium 120, 64 Megs ram, 2 IDE hard drives, Windows
> > 98 and Minix in other partitions).
> > 
> > No matter how I vary the installation, whether as upgrade from
> > RH 7.0 (which works fine) or as fresh install on newly
> > partitioned space (which I've tried in about six different
> > configurations), I get a filesystem error on booting after the
> > installation.
> > 
> > I have learned that this happens when checking the root
> > filesystem.  When the rc.sysinit script is running this
> > command:
> > 	initlog -c "fsck -T -a $fsckoptions /"
> > that command returns 11 
> > [	which I deduce (from man fsck) adds up from:
> > 		1  file system errors corrected
> > 		2  system should be rebooted
> > 		8  operational error.
> > ].
> > 
> > It complains
> > 	invalid operand: 0000 
> > then it drops me to a "Repair filesystem" prompt, in a
> > situation where the root filesystem is still mounted
> > read-only.  I can restart the installation in rescue mode and
> > then modify configuration files, but I am clueless as to what
> > to do.
> > 
> > Here is one perhaps-enlightening exchange:
> >    (Repair Filesystem) 8 # fsck.ext3 /
> >    e2fsck 1.23, 15-Aug-2001 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09
> >    fsck.ext3: Is a directory while trying to open /
> 
> 
> This point here looks like it might define the main problem, where you
> are trying to mount the root filesystem '/' which is now formatted as
> ext3 from an ext2 enabled kernel or something to that affect.  
> 
> What I'm not understanding is why its erroring by dropping you to a shell
> to allow you to run e2fsck when in my past experiences it has simply kernel
> paniced.
> 
> >  
> >    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>
> 
> What version of Redhat are you upgrading from?

oops... I misread this,  you said Redhat 7.0.  My bad..
> 
> What fs type are your partitions currently formatted as (meaning the
> number type as shown within fdisk)
> 
> If the above is a mixture of ext2 and minix, have you tried to convert
> the ext2 to ext3 and/or migrate minix to ext3?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Time
> 
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