fsck.ext3: unable to resolve 'LABEL=/'

av.dubey · 07-10-2008, 05:25 PM

iam having fedora 8 installed on my lap alng with vista but now its not booting ...i dont know why..
iam gettin this error

fsck ext3: Unable to reslve 'LABEL=/'

***an error occurred during the file system check.
***Dropping you to a shell;the system will reboot
***when you leave the shell

can neone plzz help me out..

my fdisk -l output is as follows

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 1958 15727603+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 1959 9728 62412525 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5 1959 4569 20972826 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda6 4570 6481 15358108+ b W95 FAT32
/dev/sda7 6482 6494 104391 83 Linux
/dev/sda8 6495 6752 2072353+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda9 6753 9728 23904688+ 83 Linux

and output of my /etc/fstab file is

LABEL=/ / ext3 defaults 1 1
LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2
tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
LABEL=SWAP-sda8 swap swap defaults 0 0

forrestt · 07-10-2008, 05:53 PM

Try running the following from the shell:

Code:

/sbin/e2label /dev/sda9 /
/sbin/e2label /dev/sda7 /boot

HTH

Forrest

av.dubey · 07-11-2008, 03:41 AM

thanks yaar..i don know wat happenned i updated with my cd and it all got correct...
neway thanks .
but may i know wat r these commands for..

forrestt · 07-11-2008, 10:27 AM

The e2label command puts a label on a partition. The first parameter specifies the partition, and the second specifies the label.

HTH

Forrest