Re: Samba reinstalled lead to problems

["Jose M. Sanchez" <opjose ex-pressnet com>]

First what is on /dev/hda5?

(Normally not linux's boot partition...)

Did you run   "/sbin/fsck /dev/hda5" and let it complete?

Running fsck without specifying the partition you are checking might be to
blame...

-JMS
----- Original Message -----
From: Art Ross <aross donet com>
To: <redhat-install-list redhat com>; <redhat-list redhat com>
Sent: Friday, July 02, 1999 11:43 PM
Subject: Samba reinstalled lead to problems


> I was having some problems with my Samba Server.
> It was working and in the process of experimenting
> it decided to quite.  So I decided to reinstall
> it.  Well, after going through a RH6.0 upgrade of
> Samba from my original installation CD, I receive
> some error messages when I boot.  They go as
> follows,
>   /dev/hda5 contains a file system with errors,
> check forced.
>   /dev/hda5 Directory inode 14527, block 0, offset
> 0: directory corrupted
>   /dev/hda5 UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck
> MANUALLY.
>             (i.e. without -a or -p option)
> ***An error occrred during the file system check.
> ***Dropping you to a shell; the system will reboot
>
> ***when you leave the shell.
> Give root password for maintenance
> (or type Control-D for normal startup):
>
> Well I tried the Control-D for a normal startup
> and it just reboots and comes back to the same
> problem.  That didn't do it so I typed the root
> password and typed the following and the command
> prompt------->fsck
>   I then rebooted.  Same thing!!  Oops!  Is there
> anyway to fix my problems?  This is interesting
> and I'd like some System Administrator advice.
> I've really screwed it up but would like to hear
> your input and possibly avoid a complete
> reinstall.  Also, what could I have done to
> reinstall Samba and avoided this all together?
>   Thanks in advance,
>   ARt Ross
>