On Fri, August 19, 2005 4:03 pm, Attila Szilagyi wrote: > Hi dear debian users, > > I would like ask for some help. I need install Debian Sarge on an old > 333MHZ Celeron machine. This machine include an old SEAGATE 3,2GB hdd. > With win98 this disc work good. I started install debian and i made an > ext3 partition on the disk, bat after made a partition debian-installer > saw me "unable to mount /". Next i inserted this disk to another > computer and i installed debian on the disk. After i again connected a > disk to old machine workd good for 20 minits. After 20min the system > remounted root file system in read-only mod, and printed out "Ext3 error > ext3_reserve_inode_write: IO failure". > > Why it dont work? Why work it good with win98? How can i solve a > problem? > Please help. > > Thx: Szati. > > When you make the partition are you telling it to mount as root?
Also, if the hard drive has bad sectors it is possible to experience this problem. Windows 98 FAT file system is much less robust, and in some ways more forgiving then the ext3 file system. You might try performing a low level format (wipe) of the hard drive. wipe.exe is a free but effective program that will do this. It is a DOS program, but you can probably find it on the internet. Otherwise, have you considered other hardware aspects? The cpu or power supply fan may be going out causing those components to overheat. It wouldn't be the first time that a bad fan caused strange, not readily apparently related problems. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
