Hi all,

I'm posting this through windoze as my slack 10 install may well be dead.

when booting I get this, capital letters may be included but I had to scribble this on a bit of paper( this is that bad )

ide0 (3,5):us-5150: search_by_key:invalid format found in block 14680 fsuk
ide0 (3,5):zam-7001: io error in reiserfs_find_entry
is_tree_node:node level 257 doesn't match to the expected one

I use the reiser fs file system, as it says, but if I boot it from the slack10 cd1 using its kernel I can mount my hard drive and see all the data there but it refuses to boot on its own. Whats up? am I looking at a full reinstall or is this kernel problem or something else direly

help

Anyone??

Something is happened to your file system. Most probably hardware failure. Just my two cents.

Thanks for the info

Look, I can not solve your problem. I just had an idea where to look. This means you should run file system utilities, rewrite partition table or whatever you can do using your brain. If there is a bad sector in important area which cannot be remapped - tough luck.

If you can boot "any" kernel, try the following.


first make sure that you can run with the "/" unmounted ..

there must be some other FS available to run .. like running from a live-cd or a recovery disk.
umount the file system in question (umount /dev/hdxx) ..

run
/sbin/fsck -r
(file system check) it should find and repair the file system problem (if it can be reparied).
you have to be root to do this.
It will ask you accept the fixes it's making as it finds bad blocks etc.
you might end up with some "files" missing .. it's VERY hard to tell which one's .. so the right course might be to try it and if things are too hosed then
go back and reinstall / replace hardware !!!

hope this helps

Sorry, didn't mean to come across as rude or abrupt. I just really didnt have a clue where to start, Apoligies.

That's OK. I wish you could get your problem fixed soon.

I gave this a try, and it told me it could only fix it with --rebuild-tree as an option, It will now boot on its own but hangs when starting x11 manager is displayed, I'll see if I can boot to a prompt and go from there other than that it may well be reinstall

Thanks all

Before you reinstall, it would be good do know the cause. If it was a sudden power failure that caused filesystem errors then reinstall is going to work for you. On the other hand, this may be a first sign of your hd expiring...

this isn't so bad .. now that you can boot the kernel .. you really don't need x to do everything .. i know it's hard but try
rebooting however you did and reinstall "x" .. it can be done variety of ways depending upon your distribution.

you can just save your data .. and rebuild the system (always an easier thing to do) ..

Thinking about it windoze has been complaining about the fat32 partition I have, may be worth trying another HD, I've got a spare 30gig one somewhere around here.
I'll try reinstalling x and see what happens from there

Thanks guys