Rich Stanton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 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? > According to the fstab manpage, the 'pass' field should be 1 only for the root filesystem and 2 for all others, so try changing that and see if it helps.
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