I'm running debian stable (PPC) on an old mac G3. My /home partition is on an external SCSI drive, and is listed as follows in fstab:
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda3 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 /dev/sda1 /home ext3 defaults 0 1 /dev/hda4 none swap sw 0 0 /dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0 However on bootup I get the following error when it tries to mount the home partition: The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2 filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2 filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock: e2fsck -b 8193 <device> It gives me the option to continue anyway, which I do, and it then mounts fine and I can use the machine perfectly well. While playing around I changed the <pass> column value to 0 for /home and after that the error message went away on bootup, primarily because the drive is now not mounted atall at bootup. I see no mention of it atall with dmesg. However if, after booting, I run 'mount /home' it mounts perfectly. Anyone any ideas what's going on? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]