On Thu, 2004-12-02 at 18:36 -0600, Ed Wilts wrote: > On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 04:37:25PM -0700, Steve Fink wrote: > > On Thu, 2004-12-02 at 13:54 -0600, Ed Wilts wrote: > > > On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 11:40:50AM -0700, Steve Fink wrote: > > > > "The Superblock could not be read or does not describe ext2 file > > > > system." > > > > > > > > "Can't find /dev/pts in /etc/fstab/ or /etc/mtab" > > Ed, > > > > My /etc/fstab shows the following: > > # This file is edited by fstab-sync - see 'man fstab-sync' for details > > usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs rw 0 0 > > none /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc binfmt_misc rw 0 0 > > sunrpc /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs rpc_pipefs rw 0 0 > > /dev/hdb /media/cdrecorder1 auto > > pamconsole,exec,noauto,managed 0 0 > > /dev/fd0 /media/floppy1 auto > > pamconsole,exec,noauto,managed 0 0 rpc_pa > > This is the entry for pts in my fstab. Try adding add it to your fstab > and see what happens: > none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 > > > Which according to man fstab-sync shouldn't matter as /etc/fstab is > > sanitized each time HAL is started. > > It doesn't say that. It says it sanitizes the entries that it put in > there and that those entries are identified with the "managed" keyword. > The pts filesystem doesn't have that, whereas cdrecorder1 and floppy1 > do. > > -- > Ed Wilts, RHCE > Mounds View, MN, USA > mailto:ewilts@xxxxxxxxxx > Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program > Ed, Thanks for your assistance, I've never been a fan of upgrades and I live and die by the laptop that was affected so I blasted it out and installed FC3 fresh. It's much faster now and I know it's clean. Thanks again, Steve