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Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. <bss03 <at> volumehost.net> writes: |
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> > /dev/sda2 /boot reiserfs defaults 1 2 |
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> > /dev/sda4 / reiserfs defaults 1 1 |
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> > which should force an fsck on the reiserfs file system? |
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> I don't see how this would force a fsck. |
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Well so much for the man page on fstab... |
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ount to return on my 2+TiB filesystem.) |
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> Also, resiserfsck is different than other fscks. It has two "fix" modes, |
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> neither of which is automatic and one of which is quite dangerous; the one |
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> you should use is based on the output of the "check" mode. |
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Well OK, I got your instructions. |
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However, xdm is not turned on so the system boots straight to |
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a command line prompt. Previously I suspected the xorg.conf file |
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for startup during xdm launch-->latchup. After disabling X/kde/xdm, the |
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system still has problems. Last night it was just sitting in |
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a quiescent state and it just latched up. Not good for a brand new |
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laptop. Today I booted it up and set the date on the command line. |
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Then I issued 'hwclock --systohc' and the system latched up |
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tight, again. Power cycle and the minimal CD has the system running |
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a memtest86 for a while, to ensure it's not the ram. |
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If the ram proves up OK, then I'm going to follow your |
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previous instructions on repairing the reiserfs partitions. |
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What else could it be? This was a vista only laptop, so |
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if all else fails, I'll just blame Microsoft...... |
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I ran fdisk but, it may need an old fashion dos format? |
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Suggestions on robust low_level formatting is I have to re-install |
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this machine? |
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I've got over a dozen systems with reiserfs on the /boot partition |
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and not a single problem in almost 4 years of running gentoo |
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and reiser on the boot partition. Losing 32M of space is a non |
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issue for me. Reiser gets a lot of bad press, |
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but, I like it very much and cannot wait until reiser4 is |
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a bit more of a commodity. |
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I've had lots of problems with ext2 and ext3 (No thanks)...... |
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I'll drop a line when the memory testing is conclusive. |
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thx, |
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James |
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