On booting my Debian system I get something like: ----- [sbin/fsck.ext3 (1) -- /mnt/mdk] fsck.ext3 -a -C0 /dev/hda11 /dev/hda11: clean, 5765/130048 files, 1425960/2596497 blocks Reiserfs super block in block 16 on 0x309 of format 3.6 with standard journal Blocks (total/free): 200800/192582 by 4096 bytes. Filesystem clear. Reiserfs super block in block 16 on 0x30a of format 3.6 with standard journal Blocks (total/free): 200800/192582 by 4096 bytes. Filesystem clear. fsck died with exit status 9 File system check failed. A log is being saved in /var/log/fsck/checkfs if that location is writable. Please repair the file system manually. A maintenance shell will now be started. CONTROL-D will terminate this shell and resume system boot. Give root password for maintenance (or type Control-D to continue): ----- ( 'dmesg' for some reason doesn't record this... it seems to be pouched-- so, I was copying this out by hand...)
If I run fsck manually it says my the drive is clean: ----- # fsck.ext3 -a -C0 /dev/hda11 /dev/hda11: clean, 5765/1300480 files, 1425960/2596497 blocks ----- If I remove the drive '/dev/hda11' from the '/etc/fstab' Debian complains about '/dev/hda10'. Based on what I've read 'exit status 9' is a combination of exit status 1 and exit status 8, i.e. "File system errors corrected" + "Operational error" -- neither of which I really understand. In any case, I think the error is related to the '/etc/fstab' file somehow. I read somewhere that the order of the entries in the fstab file matter-- how though was not explained. My '/etc/fstab' is as follows: ----- # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda2 /mnt/transfer vfat rw,user,noexec,umask=0000 0 2 /dev/hda3 /boot ext3 defaults 0 2 /dev/hda5 / reiserfs defaults 0 1 /dev/hda6 none swap sw 0 0 /dev/hda7 /usr reiserfs defaults 0 2 /dev/hda8 /var reiserfs defaults 0 2 /dev/hda9 /tmp reiserfs defaults 0 2 /dev/hda10 /home reiserfs defaults 0 2 # /dev/hda11 /mnt/media reiserfs defaults 0 2 # /dev/hda11 /mnt/mdk reiserfs defaults 0 2 /dev/hda11 /mnt/mdk ext3 defaults 0 2 /dev/hdc /media/cdrom iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0 /dev/fd0 /media/floppy auto rw,user,noauto 0 0 /dev/hdc /cdrom iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/winxp ntfs ro,user,noexec,umask=022 0 0 /dev/sda1 /mnt/external vfat rw,user,noauto,noexec,umask=0000 0 2 /dev/sda2 /mnt/f_external ext3 rw,user,noauto,noexec 0 2 /dev/sda3 /mnt/g_external ext3 rw,user,noauto,noexec 0 2 ----- The '/dev/sda1', '/dev/sda2' and '/dev/sda3' are for mounting external hard drives. What totally doesn't make sense to me is the 'reiserfs' bit. The drive used to be formated with reiserfs... but is no longer. I suppose it could be related to one of the other drives-- but if that's true the way the error message is presented is pretty strange. If someone could enlighten me about the boot sequence related to the mounting of drives and the exit status and what it could posssibly mean I'd much appreciate it. Thanks. ======================================== System/Hardware ======================================== Toshiba Satellite A20 -- A20-31Q: 2.53GHz (PSA20C-0231Q) Processor: Intel Pentium IV, 2.53GHz Memory: 512 MB Install log: http://individual.utoronto.ca/bonert/debian_install.html -- Der GMX SmartSurfer hilft bis zu 70% Ihrer Onlinekosten zu sparen! Ideal für Modem und ISDN: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/smartsurfer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
