On Apr 13, 1:10 pm, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI <edua...@kalinowski.com.br> wrote: > Vwaju wrote: > > Thanks to Lisi and Sven for advising me on the use of fsck to check > > the boot partition. (I believe the –f option to fsck is *not* > > documented on the man page!) > > > After boot failure, I booted debian-live-500-i386-rescue.iso, and ran > > fsck on the boot partition: > > > u...@debian:~$ sudo -i > > debian:~# fsck –f /dev/hda1 > > fsck 1.41.3 (12-Oct-2008) > > e2fsck 1.41.3 (12-Oct-2008) > > Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes > > Pass 2: Checking directory structure > > Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity > > Pass 4: Checking reference counts > > Pass 5: Checking group summary information > > /: 40679/2338336 files (0.5% non-contiguous), 251828/4674907 blocks > > > I don't know how to interpret this output. Does it indicate a problem > > with the boot partition? > > No, the filesystem is fine. If you could mount it, that's another sign > that it's not a matter of filesystem corruption. > > > Query: What other problems would I look for, and what tools would I > > use? > > You should say _why_ you cannot boot. Does GRUB or LILO load? What > messages are shown? > > And please do not start threads unnecessarily. Just reply to the > appropriate messages with the new information. > > -- > Look at it this way: Your wife's spending $280 a month on meditation lessons > to > forget $26,000 of college education. And you're still drinking ordinary > scotch? > > Eduardo M KALINOWSKI > edua...@kalinowski.com.br > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Thanks for your help, Eduardo. I started a new thread because the original one seemed to have been hijacked. (Please see "meta-question for debian users" for an explanation and query as to how this happened.) Best, Vwaju New York City -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
