[pocket-linux] A.3.2.3 Write a startup script to ...

[David Horton]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mlij at globo.com [mailto:mlij at globo.com]
> Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 08:30 PM
> To: 'pocket_linux'
> Subject: [pocket-linux] A.3.2.3 Write a startup script to ...
> 
> 
> When I try to run the /usr disk for mp3blaster,
> answering Yes to "Is there a compressed diskette to load for /usr"
> I have the following message:
> 
> *******************************************************************
> Clearing /dev/ram1
> 4096+0 records in
> 4096+0 records out
> Loading compressed image from /dev/fd0 into /dev/ram1
> fsck 1.36 (05-feb-2005)
> /dev/ram1: Deleted inode 282 has zero dtime. FIXED
> /dev/ram1: Inode 286 is in use, but has dtime set. FIXED
> /dev/ram1: Inode 286 has imagic flag set.
> 
> /dev/ram1: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; Run fsck MANUALLY
> 		(i.e., without -a or -p options)
> Filesystem errors on /dev/ram1!
> Manual intervention required
> 
> Setting hostname
> INIT: Entering run level:2
> 
> login:
> 
> ******************************************************************
> 
> When I issue the command ls -lR /usr:
> Ext2-fs error (device ram1): ext2_check_page: bad entry in directory #2:
> unaligned directory entry - offset=0, inode=1667457891, rec_len=25443, name_len=99
> 
> However, I tested the diskette in my linux.
> I put the following commands:
> 
> mount /dev/fd0 /mnt
> dd if=/dev/fd0 | gunzip -cq>/dev/ram1
> umount /dev/fd0
> mount /dev/ram1 /mnt
> 
> I went to the /mnt/bin and I ran mp3blaster.
> So I think that there is not a problem with my floppy.
> Am I right?
> 
> I tried to put the steps manually and the message is the same.
> 
> 
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After doing
  mount /dev/fd0 /mnt
  dd if=/dev/fd0 | gunzip -cq>/dev/ram1

on your regular linux machine, try running
  fsck -fp /dev/ram1

See if you still get errors like you do when running from the boot disk.