operational error fsck /

hello: what does 'operational error' mean in the exit code (8) of fsck? when i boot my debian machine i get: fsck.ext2 for ... /dev/hda2 exited with signal 11 'fsck failed' ... repair manually and reboot how can i manually repair? thanks a lot

6.4 gb hd

hello everybody i have just installed a 6.4 gb hd and i can not boot the debian instalation i have read that only i need to make a small (10 mb) partition and to put the kernel image there? is that true? how can i accomplish that? thanks a lot