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Old 07-09-2009, 05:53 PM   #1
susanwclayton
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Unhappy Eee Pc will not reboot (HELP)


this is what my computer screen has

Scanning user partition please wait...
fsck 1.40-WIP (14-Nov-2006)
e2fsck 1.40-WIP (14-Nov-2006)
fsck.ect3: Atempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read while trying to open.dev.sda2
coul this be a zero-length partition?
tun2fs: Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read while trying to open /dev/sda2
couldn't find valid filesystem superblock.

Press <ENTER> to reboot...



it does not reboot just says the same thing.. I have f9'd it and that hasnt helped either..
HELP....
 
Old 07-09-2009, 10:25 PM   #2
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Hi,

You seem to have filesystem problems. You need to boot in a 'single' user mode then run your 'fsck' on the filesystem with the problems.
 
Old 07-10-2009, 06:59 AM   #3
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I have no idea what that means.
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