On Fri, 2005-08-12 at 21:09 -0600, Lloyd Hayes wrote: > > I got the bug in my Thunderbird email the other day. Today, I decided > > > to un-install Thunderbird and re-install it using 'Yum Extender' > > > > > > Bad move. Yum Extender froze while doing this. After letting it sit > > > for a half hour, I did a force quit on it. > > > > > > Afterwards I tried loading Synaptic to do the same thing. It would > > > not start. > > > > > > I logged out as a user, intending to log back in as root. I got a > > > small red screen approximate 800x600 pixels in size, and I get a > > > message that it can not load my graphical desktop. I had the line > > > commands only, and most of those are cut off by the outer blue > > > screen. > > > > > > I rebooted. > > > > > > I got the message that my file system was corrupted and Selinux was > > > preventing repairs. It stated that it had disabled selinux. It needed > > > my root password. > > > > > > When I typed in the root password, I got this: > > > > > > :repairing volume 1: > > > > > > It is sitting there waiting for something, but I do not know what. If > > > I simply type in "yes", I see a bunch of odd characters appear on > > > that small red screen, then it goes blank. Nothing appears to be > > > happening with my hard drive. > > > > > > I can really use some help to recover some files here. > > > > ---- > > at the :repairing volume 1: prompt... > > > > e2fsck -fy /dev/hda1 > > substitute freely for hda1 for other partitions or logical devices > > > > Craig > > > fsck reports too many bad blocks. It attempts to copy them, but I > think that it is simply running out of room. I have an 18 GB partition > for Win XP and a 10 GB partition for FC4. There was about 2 GB free > the last time I looked at the FC4 partition. > > I have a 2nd older laptop computer running FC3 which has not been > updated recently. It works fine. I don't think that I'll update it > all. I'm going to give up on FC4. It simply has too many problems... ----- you are mixing a number of issues together and not giving/seeing a clear picture. - bad blocks is not a software issue. it is a hard drive issue. if you have bad blocks on a hard drive, you probably need to copy everything off to another hard drive. - FC4, is fairly experimental, reflecting the stated goals of Fedora to be more towards the bleeding edge. If what you want is tested and stable Linux, things like RHEL 4 or CentOS 4 are likely to be more to your liking. if you run 'man e2fsck', you will find things like a '-c' option for more handling of bad block issues Craig
