> > > Ok, to mount an ext2 filesystem: > > > mount -t ext2 /dev/<partition> <mountpoint> > > > From what I see above, your partition should be /dev/hdb1. A typical > > > mountpoint is /mnt. > > > > I tried this, but its results was an error message. :-( > > Looks like it's verty f**cked'up then... > You linux root fs is on the first partition of the second hard drive > right ? Its device is /dev/hdb1 right ?
Yes. Yes. > > > But beware, don't try to mount is without fsck'ing it. > > > Try, before: > > > e2fsck -f /dev/hdb1 > > > And see what it says. > > > > The only boot disk that I have is the one of Debian Installation. > > Do you believe that its root disk hasn't the e2fsck program? Can > > you send this program attached in a reply, or say where can I find > > it? I'll mount my W95 partition with the program in it, and will > > attempt to use it... > > Mmmh. I've sent it to you in a separate message (no need to send this > to the lists). I'm not 100% sure it will work as this is Debian 1.2's > e2fsck, there might be some library problems. If it doesn't work, > email me and I'll make you a statically linked version. I tried, but there is the need of a "libuuid..." library. Please, send the other version. > > > If it cannot fix the problems, then you'll have to use an > > > alternate superblock, but that's another story. > > > > Can you tell me how to do it? I think the problem is in the > > first superblock, but don't know how to use another superblocks. > > Use the -b option on the command line. SuperBlock backups are stored > every 8192 blocks (if you did format it normally, but I guess you > did). > You will want to: > e2fsck -b <superblock> -f /dev/hdb1 > The -f forces the check. > You can try superblock=1 (will do the same as without the -b), > superblock=8193, etc... (yes is starts at 1). > > If you've got a small root fs, and got some spare room somewhere, > make a copy of the fs. In case something goes wrong, you'll be able > to restart from scratch. > To do this, mount your spare space on /mnt and do: > dd if=/dev/hdb1 of=/mnt/copy-of-root-fs bs=1k > Be sure you've got enough room... In the second winchester (/dev/hdb) I've only two partitions: the Linux partition (/dev/hdb1) with +/- 790Mb, and the Swap (/dev/hdb2) with +/- 30Mb. My first winchester (/dev/hda) has only one partition with 340Mb for my (eeck!) Windows 95 system. When I really know what I'm doing in Linux, I'll stop using W95 :-) > > Now, a stupid question :-) How can I check that everything is > > ok? I don't have books about Linux or Unix, and the little > > things that I learned was with the 'man' command. With my poor > > english, that was a true "Mission: Impossible" ;-) > > If e2fsck completes, it should be ok. Then retry to e2fsck the > root fs without any option. It should recheck everything, and you > shouldn't get anymore errors. > If possible take note of the questions e2fsck asks when repairing. > It might tell you it found unlinked files, etc... > > Good luck. I'll need it! :-) Thanks! []'s Alexander Gieg =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= By: Alexander Gieg E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/3222 IRC: AlexG =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
