Is running fsck from knoppix any different than having Debian run fsck when
it boots up? I "touch /forcefsck" and then rebooted, and fsck ran on the
entire disk hda during the boot process. No errors or problems. So perhaps
just reinstalling the linux-image for that version would be the next step?

Thanks!

Mark

On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 4:35 PM, Technomage <technomage.hawke@gmail.com>wrote:

>  I would put a livecd into the drive and run fsck on the partition that has
> the problem (do not mount the partition). I don't remember what all the
> switches are (you may have to man those). it may find the trouble spot. if
> it doesn't, there is a pretty good chance that your kernel image got
> bollixed or the initrd needs to be rebuilt (corrupt?) or even one of the
> modules may have been corrupted.
>
> the fsck will help you determine if the drive has a problem or not.
> depending on its output, you'll have a better idea what to do.
>
> - Eric
>
>
> On 8/10/10 2:01 PM, Mark Phillips wrote:
>
>> OK, I can now boot the system. I fixed the menu.list to correspond to the
>> drives as they are installed today. However, I have now discovered that I
>> may have a bad spot on the drive.
>>
>> My first two entries in menu.list:
>>
>> title        Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.26-2-686
>> root        (hd0,4)
>> kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-686 root=/dev/hda5 ro
>> initrd        /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-686
>>
>> title        Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.26-2-686 (recovery mode)
>> root        (hd0,4)
>> kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-686 root=/dev/hda5 ro single
>> initrd        /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-686
>>
>> will not boot. I get the dreaded "Error 24 Attempt to access block outside
>> partition". But I can boot into the rest of the entries:
>> title        Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.26-1-686
>> root        (hd0,4)
>> kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-686 root=/dev/hda5 ro
>> initrd        /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-1-686
>>
>> title        Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.26-1-686 (recovery mode)
>> root        (hd0,4)
>> kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-686 root=/dev/hda5 ro single
>> initrd        /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-1-686
>>
>> and so on.
>>
>> I forced a fsck on a reboot, and that I get the same error 24 when I try
>> to boo the first two entries in menu.lst, but I can still boot into the
>> other ones.
>>
>> Should I apt-get reinstall linux-image-2.6.26-2-686 (assumption: the
>> vmlinuz file is corrupted), or do something else more basic to repair the
>> drive (assumption: there is bad sector)?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>
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