Linux reads /dev/sda1,5, AND 6 just fine. I just get the error message and must press control-d durring startup. Infact I even saved a file in /dev/sda6 last night. :)~MIKE~(: On Monday 04 August 2003 02:06 pm, Thomas Cameron wrote: > Hrmmm... Everything looks OK based on your output. > > Did you create that partition (/dev/sda6) during installation, or after the > machine was set up? If after the machine was set up, after you created the > partition using fdisk or whatever, did you run mkfs on the partition? Can > you see /dev/sda5 OK? > -- > Thomas Cameron, RHCE, CNE, MCSE, MCT > Cameron Technical Services, Inc. > http://www.camerontech.com/ > (512) 454-3200 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael Havens" > To: > Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2003 2:37 PM > Subject: Re: Another fsck error at startup > > > says Thomas Cameron: > > Please post the results of: > > cat /proc/partitions > > cat /etc/fstab > > fdisk -l /dev/sda > > > > I reply: > > bmike1@bmike1:~$ su > > Password: > > root@bmike1:/home/bmike1# cat /proc/partitions; cat /etc/fstab; fdisk -l > > /dev/sda > > major minor #blocks name > > > > 8 0 1025500 sda > > 8 1 409584 sda1 > > 8 2 1 sda2 > > 8 5 511984 sda5 > > 8 6 103408 sda6 > > 3 0 29316672 hda > > 3 1 14659281 hda1 > > 3 2 1 hda2 > > 3 5 14651248 hda5 > > # /etc/fstab: filesystem table. > > # > > # filesystem mountpoint type options dump pass > > /dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 defaults,ro,user,noexec,noauto 0 0 > > /dev/fd0 /floppy vfat defaults,user,auto,showexec,umask=022 0 0 > > /dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1 vfat > > defaults,users,exec,umask=000,uid=knoppix,gid=knoppix > > > 0 0 > > /dev/hda5 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 > > /dev/sda5 /mnt/sda5 ext3 defaults,users,exec 0 2 > > /dev/sda6 /mnt/sda6 ext3 defaults,users,exec 0 2 > > /dev/sda1 swap swap noauto 0 0 > > proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 > > > > Disk /dev/sda: 1050 MB, 1050112000 bytes > > 64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 1001 cylinders > > Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes > > > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > > /dev/sda1 * 1 400 409584 82 Linux swap > > /dev/sda2 401 1001 615424 5 Extended > > /dev/sda5 401 900 511984 83 Linux > > /dev/sda6 901 1001 103408 83 Linux > > root@bmike1:/home/bmike1# > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss