/dev/hda2-3, 6 and /dev/hdb9 are ext3
/dev/hda1, 5 and /dev/hdb8 are swap
dev/hdb1-2 and 5-7 are Vista (ntfs)
/dev/hda6 and /dev/hdb9 nothing is installed
/dev/hda2 is /root and /dev/hda1 is swap on this system
When booting, I get the following error. When I enter a Control-D it continues and correctly boots. /var/checkfs and /var/checkroot are listed (I could not find where they could be attached).
What should I do?
Here is the terminal listing:
/dev/hda2: clean, 119712/3981312 files, 822146//7956191 blocks [ ok ]
Checking file systems....
fsck 1.40-WIP (14-Nov-2006)
/home:clean, 94216/6406144 files,....blocks
fsck.ext3 Unable to resolve 'UUID=8ecffefa-2f87....'
fsck.ext3:Unable to resolve 'UUID=63be5bfa-c059....'
fsck died with exit status 8
* file system check failed.
A log is being saved in /var/log/fsck/checkfs if that location is writable.
Please repair the file system manually.
* a maintenance shell will now be started.
CONTROL-D will terminate this shell and resume system boot.
Give root password for maintenance
(or type Control-D to continue):
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A) You only need one swap in each computer - there are never two systems active at the same time
B) You have come to UUID hell
Luckily the solution is fairly simple http://www.linuxmint.com/wiki/index.php ... _a_problem
having same problem as above but cant seem to solve it with what i've found so far. I can only get to a command line by booting recovery mint linux... I have a dual boot set up mint & XP pro with 4 main partitions (first one is dell utility, second is XP, third is extended for linus mint [holds / , /home & /swap] and fourth partition is an NTFS formatted for XP). I have installed Mint light. When I turn on PC its doesnt automatically go to the grub menu, it give me a screen with linux mint background pic and a text box in top left corner that look a bit like this:
/ ----- pstk------------------rstk--- \
: :
: :
: :
: :
:0 5ffae. a :
:1 5ff8a. a :
:2 2c244. 4 :
:3 147. 9: 0: fffffff. 5:
:4 a. 1: 1: 1462. 5:
\--------------------------------------/
pressing enter then takes me to the grub menu where i can adequately boot into XP.
When I try to boot to linux Mint however there are a few problems...
something only happens when booting into recovery mode (ie normal boot fails miserably)
then i get a few bad file names in sda1 (the dell utility drive I think) with error message
fsck died with exit status 8
[fail]
*File system check failed.
i get a shell in recovery mode but pressing ctl-D doesnt boot normally as suggested by the messages...
what gives? any quick fix? is the dell utility partition causing problems? I noticed when I was making partitions in gparted from live CD that there was a triangle with ! beside the dell utility drive. Is the problem related to this in any way?
why is linux even having a look at that partition if i contained mint to sda3-6?
Anyone with suggestions?
