I tried running the fsck from the live boot DVD, and got something that took time to examine the partition, but still no repairs. Also ran from qparted, with same results.<br><br>Booting in recovery mode that last line is actually the /dev/sdb for the cd-dvd reader. I can't tell if it dies doing that, or before starting the next step.<br>
<br>The behavior is the same no matter which kernel I try to boot to, so it is something outside the kernel that is common to all.<br><br>Any further suggestions? The name of a better ext4 file system checker?<br><br>Mike<br clear="all">
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