Edgar, As far as I see there is nothing wrong with the partition, if you change it from /(root) you should be able to mount it directly as long as the kernel supports ext3 filesystem and you use the correct -t option. Not even necessary to repair it. This is a guess, but what most probably happened is that ext3 is builtin as a module or the mount statement in the initrd in /linuxrc was not updated from ext2 to ext3. Regards Amit Edgar Alwers wrote: > Thanks for your help through my colleague Beatriz Botero. > > I could boot the box in maintenance modus, edit /etc/fstab and exclude > /dev/hdb2 from booting. After that, I could at least boot up normally my > first hd. > > Now one question and one general remark. > > The question: how could I try to rescue the /dev/hdb2 partition ? I mean, do > I have to formate the disk or what could be a better procedure ? And would a > format solve my problem ? > > The general remark: after this experience, I would strongly recomend _not_ > to_change a running ext2 partition in an ext3 one, as it seems that recovery > processes in the event of a crash and consequential forced check may have > catastrophal consequences. I had downloaded the newest e2fsprogs version 1.27 > and even this program could not repair the partition. Not imaginable what > would have happened, if I would have also changed the partition containing > root ! > > I would like to have your opinion on this remark ! > Thanks again for your help > Edgar >
