HELP---- DirtyPinkoCommie... or other.... Linux disaster

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

apparent HD crap out...

re-booting with FDD looks normal until...

hda2: bad access: block=2, count=2
end_request: I/O error, ev 03:02 (hda), sector 2
EXT3-fs: unable to read superblock
mount" error 22 mounting ext3
pivotroot" pivot_root(/sysroot,/sysroot/initrd} failed; 2
unmount /initrd/proc failed: 2
Freeing unused kernel memory: 136k freed
Kernal panix: No init found. Try passing init=option to kernel.


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okay, so I tried booting thus...

linux init

no luck


Help?

[Deja Q]

1. I'll take a fstab at this one.

Go to /etc

Edit fstab

Look for the HD mount point entry and put a semicolon at the start of the line ( ; ) to remark it out. Reboot, system should be fine - sans attempting to mount the konked out drive.

That works usually for secondary drives but, in order to edit squat, you will need to boot from a rescue disc AND also do a volume check... http://www.google.com/search?biw=1117&hl=en&q=linux+volume+disk+check&btnG=Google+Search

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

3. Please... no puns this early

will try it

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

2. You need to fsck hda2.

Can you boot into something with a linux 1? If not, you need to get some kind of linux rescue disk in there. There may be that on your install CDs or DVD.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

4. knoppix disc to the rescue?

is that what you mean?

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

5. nothing

no luck... trying to find FC install disks now.... don't know why knoppix will not boot... always did on this box before.

[youspeakmylanguage]

6. I am a newbie...

...so I can't offer any help. I haven't tried Knoppix, but I can vouch for Ubuntu being the most stable and trouble-free distro I've used so far.