Subject: RE: Saga of YDL on 7100
From: Mitchell Burt (mburt@collegialware.com)
Date: Sun Jul 08 2001 - 18:30:23 MDT
Thanks for the reply - it took me a while to get to this again.
I tried a few of the things on your list, got a newer kernel and was able to
get past the boot error and into the boot process. It again failed to
create fstab (and yes, I did install boot loader during install - never has
worked), so I wrote one following your guidance in an archived message.
Now fstab check is OK, but I get the following:
"ext2fs_check_if_mount: /dev/sda7 contains a file system with errors, chekc
forced.
No such file or directory while determining whether /dev/sda7 is mounted.
Inode 51374 has illegal block(s).
/dev/sda7: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY.
(i.e., without -a or -p options)"
I ran fsck and got a list of about a dozen illegal blocks. Cleared them (I
don't know what I'm doing), rebooted...same error.
I'm lost.
I thought that I might have gotten my swap and primary partitions confused
in the fstab build, but it would'nt have made it through the swap test,
would it?
Any help would be appreciated.
Sincerely,
Mitch
> > Victim is a 7100/66; 48 megs RAM; 4 Gig HD; nbpmacfb video;
> running 7.5.3 on
> > 150 meg partition.
>
> AV or HPV video?
Well, it's not identified as an AV unit on the casing, but there does appear
to be a card with standard RGB and S-videon in and out. HPV would require a
monitor adapter, yes?
> > - Rebooted into YDL only to find that a fstab file had not been created.
>
> You need to do "install boot loader" or similar steps in the YDL install
> to get a fstab. It appears to do nothing, but it is needed for fstab.
Yeah, I had actually done this, twice. Didn't take either time.
> > - Next day, upon bootup receive the following with the familiar mac bomb
> > just as MkLinux Booter attempted to load: 'Sorry, a system
> error occurred.
> > "MkLinux Booter" unimplemented trap'
>
> There are many potential reasons. Do one or many of the following:
>
> - clear PRAM (control + command + P + R)
> - install MacsBug
> - turn on virtual memory
> - increase or decrease disk cache
> - install new battery
- Installed new battery (it was in fact, dead). No change.
- cleared PRAM.
> > On a side note, is the level of inconsistent stability of the install
> > process that I'm seeing fairly typical?
>
> If 7100/66 with AV card, yes for some.
If I am indeed working on an AV machine, is it worth pursuing?
Sincerely,
Mitchell Burt
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