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Re: problem booting linux



Arjen wrote:
> 
> I have some problems booting linux (Redhat 5.2).
> Every time i boot Linux, that hda5 wasn't unmounted cleanly.
> I believe he scans the harddisk than, but that gives a error, after which i
> must give my root-password, or press Ctrl-d.
> When i press Ctrl-d he shuts down, and if i type my password i'm put in a
> shell, and have to perform the check manually.
> I've tried that, but it didn't work :((

Do I take it you're running fsck manually on hda5 after you get put in
the shell?  If not, you should be: it's giving you a chance to repair a
serious problem in the filesystem.  If so, what kind of output are you
seeing when you do it?

> Does anybody know what could be the problem??
> 
> The error has something to do with "inode 175" (Don't know the number, but i
> believe it was 175)
>


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