2efsck /dev/hda3
remember -- *don't* mount the linux partition to fsck...
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sam truong sbl@yuma.tdyc.com
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On Fri, 20 Jun 1997, tk wrote:
> I just successfully installed the 2.0.30 kernel on a machine I've been
> running for a long time, through several kernels, and run into a problem.
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> When rebooting, I get the following message:
> "Kernel panic: VFS: unable to mount root fs on 03:03"
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> When mounting hda3 from a floppy I get the following:
> EXT2-fs warning: mounting unchecked fs, running e2fsck is recommended
> EXT2-fs error (device 3/3): ext2_check_blocks_bitmap: wrong free blocks count
> for group 48, stored = 1595, counted 1580
> Then 3 more errors with the same "wrong free blocks" message.
> One of them is in the same group 48, with a different number.
> The other two are in the superblock.
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> My question is quite possibly, how to run e2fsck in this scenario?
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> Anyone have experience with this?
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> Thanks,
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> Troy
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