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- From: probreak@kitty.ksu.ksu.edu (James Michael Chacon)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: Extended FS -> "magic match failed"
- Date: 8 Nov 1992 00:10:53 -0600
- Organization: Kansas State University
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- 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
-
- The magic match failure is caused by the way the kernel checks the root
- device on boot time. First it checks for a minix file system, and failing
- that it prints the magic match failure. Then it checks for an extfs.
- Finding that, it should then boot fine. I presume that if you mounted
- a dos fs a your root device it would just tell you magic match failed twice.
-
- Don't run fsck on your extfs partition. That program is only for minix
- partitions. Get the extfs stuff from tsx-11.mit.edu in the
- pub/linux/ALPHA/extfs dir.
-
- James
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