>> Thanks again for your help, any other suggestions? >> >> regis
> Try changing in your fstab this lines: > LABEL=/ / ex2 defaults 1 1 > with > /dev/hda2 / ex2 defaults 1 1 > and > LABEL=/boot /boot ext2 defaults 1 2 > with > /dev/hda1 / ex2 defaults 1 2 > but I'm not so sure it will function. But if you can still read your > > data (try > to mount your partitions manually after the 'linux rescue' boot) you > > could > make a backup in another drive (with 'dd if=/dev/hdax.....' give a >search on > google about that), regenerate your partition table recreating your > partitions (using fdisk) and restore their content using the backup. > Achille Achille, Thanks so much for your input. Just to complete this thread. I solved this problem in a much simpler way. After some additional searching on Googly Groups, I tried running fsck -A /dev/hda2 and answered yes to all the questions. When I exited and rebooted, it started - good as new! thanks again, regis -- rm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list