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From: Joseph Jezak <josejx@g.o>
To: gentoo-ppc-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-ppc-user] Problems booting...still
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 19:04:45
Message-Id: 435E8190.1020003@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-ppc-user] Problems booting...still by nova@macintoshclub.com
1 nova@×××××××××××××.com wrote:
2 > OK, I didn't have the devfs loaded into the kernel, so the new version
3 > boots past that point. However, the boot stops when it tries to load the
4 > root filesystem.
5
6 You shouldn't use devfs. It's obsolete. Which liveCD / stage are you
7 installing from? Which profile are you using?
8
9 > warning, no fsck.ext3 found.
10 > Error: mounting an ext2 partition failed on /dev/hda7 (a little different
11 > wording), Bad superblock, etc
12 > type cntrl-D to cancel, or enter root passwd to fix:
13 > and it is frozen (no keyboard recognised)
14 > There is a copy of fsck.ext3 on /sbin/, so I think that it is not in the
15 > initrd. Any ideas on how to fix this?
16
17 Is /dev/hda7 an ext2 partition? Are you sure you have your partition
18 numbering right and that your fstab reflects your partition layout?
19
20 -Joe
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Re: [gentoo-ppc-user] Problems booting...still Nicholas S-A <nova@×××××××××××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-ppc-user] Problems booting...still nova@×××××××××××××.com