gentoo error at startup
hi everyone. im giving gentoo a try. i installed everything and configured everything and blah blah and i got to the point where i restart and boot into gentoo without th elive cd and i get an fsck.ext error...something about /dev/BOOT
and it tells me to get into root and run #e2fsck -b 8193 <device> so i do that with the device as /dev/hda1 i checked my fstab and it looks just fine.. the error also states something about the format not being ext2...but it is. my /root partion for some reason shows up as XFS for some reason and it should be ext3. i think that has something to with it. any pointers or ideas on how i can correct the error and login to gentoo normally? |
sounds like you haven't actually edited /etc/fsatb correctly. "/dev/BOOT" is a default example, which doesn't actually exist. the fact that it's in capitals is intended to imply you need to change it.
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well this is what i did..
nano -w /etc/fstab changed it from /dev/BOOT to /dev/hda1 and saved it... still the same output then i noticed at the top there was a note saying i should edit the /mnt/gentoo/etc/fstab instead of the /etc/fstab so i copied the fstab i just edited to the new location and i still get the same output so i think these fstabs arent even needed..and the real one the computer is looking at is located somehwere else...any idea where that could be or if is this wrong all togehter? |
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I would suggest reinstall and paying more attention while partitioning disk and writing fstab |
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Thanks! Cool |
well im leaving for the week for the upcoming turkey day. i'll post my fstab as soon as i get back..
Yes i can boot to the liveCD. and when i check /etc/fstab it keep changes back to /dev/BOOT and /SWAP and /ROOT even though i changed it and saved it. ARG! |
So there seems to be a point of confusion, the /etc/fstab that lives on your actual HD won't dynamically get altered. Therfore, the /etc/fstab that you are likely changing is the CD's /etc/fstab, which is of no use to you. If you are not mounting your HD at /mnt/gentoo OR if you haven't installed things correctly, or if you are mounting the CD at /mnt/gentoo (which is very possible if you didn't run through the fdisk setup to ensure you are choosing the right devices) then you won't have a good time, and things will not be normal.
Cool |
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