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  From: Daryl Tester <dt@picknowl.com.au>
  To  : rob <rbarnard@picknowl.com.au>
  Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2000 02:55:52 +0930

Re: / file system

rob wrote:

>             Fsck is a directory while trying to open /   /:
> It then goes on to tell me that the block could be corrupt and suggests
> to run:
>             e2fsck -b 8193(device)
> So then  I took that to mean typing in fsck -b 8193 /dev/hdb5(my linux
> partition)
> It then cleared a heap of stuff , but on start up gave the same message.

How about once booted, running "fsck -n /dev/hdb5" and posting the
results?  The original error message lacks something.

Regards,
  Daryl Tester

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