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- From: hpa@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (H. Peter Anvin N9ITP)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: Extended FS -> "magic match failed"
- Message-ID: <1992Nov7.031841.19494@news.acns.nwu.edu>
- Date: 7 Nov 92 03:18:41 GMT
- Article-I.D.: news.1992Nov7.031841.19494
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- Reply-To: hpa@nwu.edu (H. Peter Anvin)
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- In article <1dee3sINNn98@frigate.doc.ic.ac.uk> of comp.os.linux,
- apl@doc.ic.ac.uk (Ari P Laakkonen) writes:
- >
- > 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.
- > |>
- > |> 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??
- > |>
- > |> Sean
- >
- > I think this is because the kernel assumes that the root partition is a
- > minix partition.
- > You could try to have a really minimalist minix root partition and then use
- > another partition with an ext fs on it for the bulk of your files.
- >
-
- The message is harmless, and occurs because the kernel tries to mount root
- in the order minix -> ext -> msdos.
-
- For the extfs you have to use efsck instead of fsck.
-
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