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- From: card@masi.ibp.fr (Remy CARD)
- Subject: Re: Extended FS -> "magic match failed"
- Message-ID: <1992Nov6.193513.165@jussieu.fr>
- Sender: news@jussieu.fr (Le Facteur)
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- Organization: Laboratoire MASI - Universite Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris - France
- References: <chans.721065175@marsh>
- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 19:35:13 GMT
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- In article <chans.721065175@marsh> chans@cs.curtin.edu.au (Sean Chan) writes:
- >I installed Linux on my hard drive as Linux Extended FS (Partition ID
- >83), with the SLS distribution. After the installation was complete, I
- >rebooted...and it came up with "magic match failed". Other than that
- >statement, Linux works fine. I can login, etc.
-
- Well, this answer should perhaps be in the FAQ. When Linux boots,
- it tries to mount the root file system first using the minix type, then
- the extended file type and then the msdos file type. When it first tries
- the minix type, it checks that the super block contains the minix fs
- signature and complains if not. So, it prints the message "magic match failed"
- and then tries the extended fs type. It succeeds and goes on booting.
-
- So, you can ignore the warning.
-
- >
- >Oh, yes, when I do a fsck /dev/hda2 it comes up with a "bad magic number
- >in super-block". What does this mean?? Can anyone shed some light here??
-
- That's normal. fsck can only check minix file systems. To check
- an extended fs, you should use efsck. The latest release (alpha 9) is
- available by ftp on ftp-masi.ibp.fr in the directory /pub/linux/ALPHA/extfs
- and should be available soon on tsx-11.mit.edu in the same directory.
-
- >
- >Sean
-
- Remy
- --
-
- Remy Card
- card@masi.ibp.fr
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