help!!! corrupted fs

["Geoff Hing" <infoflux hotmail com>]

Hello,

I was recently using my linux system (Redhat 5.0 on a Pentium 133 with 
32 mb RAM) when things started going weird.  I got a bunch of error 
messages that I couldn't record or comprehend just before the system 
crashed for good.  Now, I am unable to boot the system.  When I start to 
boot it hangs after trying to mount the root filesystem.  It displays 
some garbage regarding the corruption of the filesystem.  I am able to 
boot with the stock redhat rescue/installation disk set and mount my 
root partition (/dev/hdb2) and see all my files.  What do I need to do 
to get my system running again?  Should I run fsck, and if so how do I 
do this from the boot floppy?  I would appreciate any help that you can 
offer as I have put alot of time into configuring my system and would 
hate to lose it all.

Thanks,
Geoff

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