Hard drive problem

7smurfs · 08-04-2005, 04:02 PM

Hi,

I am currently using Slackware Linux 10.1, and am having a bit of a problem. After setting the boot to boot to the GUI (Gnome), and after trying to log off and log in as root, Slack froze up on me. So I turned my computer off, and after rebooting and selecting to boot Linux, I get an error hda1 had an error that asked me to type in my root password, or press control-d to continue. No matter what option I pick it just repeats time after time. Even using the boot disk it end up the same way...

Any idea what I can do?

Walman · 08-04-2005, 04:30 PM

Hello

You must probably have a conflict during booting . By typing to root passwd the system is allowing you to enter in command mode and do any maintenance or repairs . Hopefully this repairs will fix the boot problem . Must look at what the machines is writing in order to see what possibly is causing the conflict

7smurfs · 08-04-2005, 04:39 PM

Typing in the root password just causes it to reboot, and the same thing happens when I press control-d. I don't get a chance to do any repairs to fix it.

7smurfs · 08-04-2005, 08:25 PM

Well I managed to get to the point where I can type in fsck -f -c -y /dev/hda1 by putting in the install disk and now it works great! Thanks guys!