Been trying to explore Linux, and get my mice to work in Gnome. I kept on restarting my laptop without going to the console and typeing # shutdown -r now...

Once I got help for my mouse troubles, my main partition with Slackware on it would not load.

e2fsck checks the partitions after a crappy restart,
it then says: Unattached Inode 189961

#############################
An error has occured. You must enter the
single-user shell and run e2fsk manualy.

if you are running a ext2 partition, type this:
e2fsck -v -y <partiton which is /dev/hda2>
#############################

Please press Ctrl + D to load normally,
or enter your root password to go to
the single-user shell:

No matter which option I do, enter root password or press Ctrl+D, I get the same result.

Unmount > /dev/hda2 Not Mounted
Unmount > /dev/hda5 Not Mounted
Unmount > /dev/hda6 Not Mounted
Unmount > /dev/hda7 Not Mounted
Unmount > /dev/hda8 Not Mounted

And then the computer restarts.
I have done this roughly seven times now and nothing seems to change.
I have also tried booting from the floppy about three times. Same result.

Any ideas on how to solve this mess?
Thanks in advance.

well..as you've just started using Slack, maybe best to re-install it, using another
file-system ( eg ext3 or reiserfs ). those are both far better than ext2.

egag

hi.

I have same or similar problem above. I had a slowdown of system, and turned machine off. and got 'unattached inode' on reboot.

/hda1 , my root partition, forces a check byfsck but then get

/dev/hda1: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY. ...

**********************************************************
*** An error occurred during the root filesystem check. ***
*** .... more text

Offered option to enter system maintenance mode;so I enter root password, but hda1 fails to load, and system restarts.

I am trying to use my emergency bootdisk, but can not mount /dev/hda1 since that's the partition that's corrupted.

I have 10.0 Slack CD's . Is there any way to mount a root drive off of them? (*revealing ignorance here *)

Any suggestions? Thank you for any help. And this is not a new installation (10.2 .. about 3 months old?)

did you run "e2fsck -v -y /dev/hda1" after booting the cd ?
if not , try that.

after check and possibly some repair, you should be able to boot as normal.

egag

thank you for reply! I can not get to boot. Can not get to CD to run 'e2fsck -v -y /dev/hda1'

Though CD is bootable, I have to use boot diskette to get to cd due to my CD-Drive type .. (searching for my install notes as to reason why..)

from the boot diskette:

Slackware custom bootdisk!

boot: mount root=/dev/hda <--- ends up right back to same restart problem

trying to boot to CD's ...
boot: mount /dev/hdd <--- ends up right back to same restart problem

So I need to get to boot first.
I am confused newb ... Thank you for any help.

well...you just have to boot the way you did when you installed Slackware.

you can also try the smart-bootmanager from cd1/isolinux/sbootmgr/.
there's an image you can write to a floppy to boot a cd.
( sounds confusing...se below)

the image is named "sbootmgr.dsk" and you can use "rawrite" to write it to a floppy
on a win-based pc.

when you boot from the floppy, you'll get a menu to choose a device to boot from.

boot just the way you did when you installed ( no "mount root= etc...").
after booting, run the fsck.

egag

Thank you for reminder! That did it!

Found my diskette with "Smart Boot Manager 3.7.1" on it.

Booted from 10.0 CD1 ( event though CD2 is labeled as the "Bootable Live Rescue Disc") to get to a prompt.

entered at prompt: e2fsck -v -y /dev/hda1

cleaned 'er right up!

Bless you!

ah ...you already had a floppy
it's a handy utility.

egag

Yes. I fondly remember the fun time I had digging through 6 year-old floppies this winter to find a usable one in order to get that rawrite utility to create the Boot manager diskette ...
*sarcasm*

I've copied out my fstab onto other location for future problems -- I wasn't even addressing the correct partition names for cdrom..

That boot utility is pretty sweet.