Re: ext3 error on boot
On Sun, 2005-02-13 at 17:07 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-02-14 at 09:43 +1100, Blake Swadling wrote:
> > I have a system at a clients site overseas (arent they always :( ) that
>
> Of course! :-P
damn straight
>
> > wont boot due to a corrupt file system, the error it reports is listed
> > below
> >
> > If anyone could offer any advice on how to get he system back I would be
> > grateful
> >
> > Cheers
> > Blake
> >
> >
> > //----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Ext3 fs error(devicehda2)ext3-get-inode-loc: unable to read inode block
> > ode:1201163, 2424852 hda:dma_intr:error=0x40 (uncorrectable
> > error),lbasect
> > =19607662,high=1,2830446,sector=19607661
> >
> > Checking root file systems
> > /contains a file system with errors,check forced.
> >
> > --------goes till 17.7% and hangs and reboots after some time and goes
> > into the same cycle.
> >
> > //----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Looks like a major hardware problem.
Bugger!
> Could you guide them through using Knoppix on it?
It would be a challenge. They are sales people with English as second
language and struggle with anything mildly technical.
Looks like I'll be shipping the drive here for the fix.
Thanks for the help
Cheers
Blake
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Blake Swadling <blake@swadling.com>
Swadling.com
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