I filled the HD on my laptop last night. Then before I sgut down I THOUGHT I had cleared off over 1GB of stuff.

So I shut down and upon reboot now, I'm always getting:

Checking root file system
fsck.ext2: Is a directory while trying to open /
:/
The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2
filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2
filesystem (and not swap of ufs or something else), then the superblocks
is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock:
e2fsck -b 8193 <device>
[failed]

***A error occurred during the filesystem check.
***Dropping you to a shell: the system will reboot
***when you leave the shell
Give Root password for maintenence.
(or type Control-D to Continue)


Nothing I do will allow a clean boot. Now I booted from a USB device and cleared off all the files that had filled it (data files)
and now I have 1.7GB free of 12GB.

I'm not 100% averse to reinstalling, but if I dont have to, that of course would be better.
Nothing I try in e2fsck seems to make a difference.

Anyone have any ideas?

I apologize ahead for crossposting, but I am going to place this on everal different boards.

Thanks again

J

We don't mind you cross-posting with other boards, but please don't post duplicates here.

Is / really ext2? Or is it ext3 or something else?

well thats actually a good question.

I was pretty sure that I had formatted ext3, but the error is stating ext2

Check the /etc/fstab and if it says ext2 for this partition, change it to ext3. Perhaps that might help.

thanks for everyones assistance.

i decided to use this as an excuse to double the HD size of my laptop.

160gb for $65! woohoo!

j

Nice

yeah it allows me 60gb on my xp (for my office) and 100gb for MDV.

then for $9 i bought an external case for the old HD, now I have another 60GB usb drive