RE: [LI] HELP... Kernel Panic !!!

["Ajit, Kumar (IE10)" <AKumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Have you tried starting the system in single user mode ??

Ajit 


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Ghins Mathai [SMTP:ghins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent:	Friday, December 10, 1999 10:34 AM
> To:	linux-india@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:	Re: [LI] HELP... Kernel Panic !!!
> 
> to run fsck I need a shell. The panic occurs much before that and I have
> real
> important data there
> 
> Arun Sharma wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Dec 09, 1999 at 09:55:18AM +0530, Ghins Mathai wrote:
> > > Today morning when I tried booting into Linux I got the following
> error:
> > >
> > > ----------------------------------------------------------
> > > EXT@-fs error (device ide0(3,5)): ext2_check_descriptors: Block bitmap
> > > for group 1 not in group (block 0)!
> > > EXT@-fs: group descriptors corrupted !
> > > Kernel panic: VFS : Unable to mount root fs on 03:05
> > > -----------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > > Why do I get this error ? Is there any way this can be corrected ? If
> > > not is there any way by which I can take a backup of contents of Linux
> > > partition ?
> > >
> >
> > Run fsck a couple of times, to see if it goes away. Otherwise, you'll
> > have to walk the ext2fs structures yourself using the tools that come
> > with e2fs tools (or something which sounds like it).
> >
> > In general, it is not worth the hassle, if you don't have really
> important
> > data in there.
> >
> > If you're in a situation where such crashes are frequent, you may want
> > to run your fs in sync mode at lower performance, but higher safety.
> >
> >         -Arun
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