On Sun, May 10, 1998 at 11:19:23PM -0400, Eric Kimminau wrote:
> I had the exact same problem - I needed to re-make the ext2fs
> filesystem on the drive and re-perform the install for it to get
> further.
>
> Eric.
>
>
> Michael Hill wrote:
> >
> > Okay, let's say it was just fsck that got hung up, and not the entire
> > boot process. When it stops with '[/sbin/fsck.ext2] fsck.ext2 -a /'
> > and I press Ctrl-C, more information comes to light:
> >
> > The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2
> > filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2
> > filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else, the the superblock
> > is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock:
> > e2fsck -b 8193 <device>
> > *** An error occurred during the file system check.
> > *** Dropping you to a shell; the system will reboot
> > *** when you leave the shell.
> > Give root password for maintenance.
> > INIT: entering runlevel: 0mal startup):
> > while opening UTMP file: No such file or directory
> >
> > ...then I get the SGI maintenance screen back. There's no evidence of
> > a shell when it tells me it's dropping me to a shell. From IRIX I ran
> > 'e2fsck -b 8193 drive' on the drive (with no improvement) but I don't
> > think that's the appropriate context. Suggestions?
Both cases sound like a bad /etc/fstab. Try adding init=/bin/sh to your
firmware command like arguments. You'll get a completly uninitialized
system. Run e2fsck, then you should be able to remount / rw and fix
the fstab.
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And that in a .sig. ROTFL. But at least Amy Postnews would love such a
sig :-)
Ralf
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