I have had great success using the clonezilla live cd. I don't know if it has e2fsck on it or not though. I'm sure if you check out <a href="http://distrowatch.com">distrowatch.com</a> it lists the packages in the latest version. Hope that helps.
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When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br>than "Re: Contents of SGVLUG digest..."<br><br><br>Today's Topics:<br><br> 1. Re: Status of burger continental? (Swantje)<br> 2. a pxe bootdisk that includes e2fsck? (Sean O'Donnell)
<br> 3. Re: a pxe bootdisk that includes e2fsck? (John E. Kreznar)<br> 4. Re: a pxe bootdisk that includes e2fsck? (Sean O'Donnell)<br> 5. Re: a pxe bootdisk that includes e2fsck? (Sean O'Donnell)<br> 6. RE: a pxe bootdisk that includes e2fsck? (Emerson, Tom (*IC))
<br> 7. Fw: [HP3000-L] Get a refund for XP (Tom Emerson)<br> 8. Re: Fw: [HP3000-L] Get a refund for XP (Dan Borne)<br><br><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Message: 1<br>Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 19:55:02 -0800
<br>From: Swantje <<a href="mailto:swantje@gmail.com">swantje@gmail.com</a>><br>Subject: Re: [SGVLUG] Status of burger continental?<br>To: "SGVLUG Discussion List." <<a href="mailto:sgvlug@sgvlug.net">sgvlug@sgvlug.net
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<br><br>Yep, Burger Continental is open again like usual :)<br><br>Don't feel bad about the Macintosh. Wouldn't it be worse to type on<br>Windows? And many of us even survive that ;)<br><br>On 11/5/07, Dan Borne <
<a href="mailto:danborne.kde@gmail.com">danborne.kde@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> I think it is fine now as in that it has been repaired, when I went by<br>> there yesterday, I saw no indication otherwise.<br>><br>
> I feel sooo bad; I am typing this on a macintosch<br>><br>> On 05/11/2007, Michael Proctor-Smith <<a href="mailto:mproctor13@gmail.com">mproctor13@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> > Anyone know the status of BC? Do we need to find a new location for
<br>> > the after meeting meeting?<br>> ><br>><br>><br>> --<br>> "Dan Borne "groundferret" "<br>><br><br><br>--<br>"Small things done with great love will change the world."
<br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 2<br>Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2007 21:48:01 -0800<br>From: "Sean O'Donnell" <<a href="mailto:sean@seanodonnell.com">sean@seanodonnell.com</a>><br>Subject: [SGVLUG] a pxe bootdisk that includes e2fsck?
<br>To: "SGVLUG Discussion List." <<a href="mailto:sgvlug@sgvlug.net">sgvlug@sgvlug.net</a>><br>Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:47300011.8040804@seanodonnell.com">47300011.8040804@seanodonnell.com</a>><br>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1<br><br>I need to repair a corrupt file system on my laptop.<br><br>'EXT2-fs: Corrupt root inode, run e2fsck<br>'Kernel Panic - kaput, etc.<br><br>The only way I can do so is to boot via PXE/LAN and run e2fsck, which
<br>should (hopefully) solve my problem.<br><br>I tried the debian pxe bootdisk, but that doesn't seem to include e2fsck. =/<br><br>I then tried the Slackware pxe bootdisk, but I'm unable to boot<br>successfully due to I/O errors detected on hda7. The fact that I get I/O
<br>errors on hda7 makes no sense to me since there isn't an hda7 in the<br>partition table, unless the entire partition table is kaput. ??? If<br>that's the case, then e2fsck probably won't help.<br><br>'hda7: bad access: block=0, count=1
<br>'end_request: I/O error, dev 03:07: (hda)<br><br>Anyhow, I'd like to find a pxe bootdisk that includes e2fsck so I can<br>(hopefully) repair the file system.<br><br>Any suggestions? *...as I try the next few (dozen) distros down the list...*
<br><br>Thanks,<br>Sean<br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 3<br>Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2007 22:59:03 -0800<br>From: "John E. Kreznar" <<a href="mailto:jek@ininx.com">jek@ininx.com</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [SGVLUG] a pxe bootdisk that includes e2fsck?<br>To: "SGVLUG Discussion List." <<a href="mailto:sgvlug@sgvlug.net">sgvlug@sgvlug.net</a>><br>Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:E1IpDOV-0006LK-EG@iflig.ininx.com">
E1IpDOV-0006LK-EG@iflig.ininx.com</a>><br><br>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----<br>Hash: SHA1<br><br>"Sean O'Donnell" <<a href="mailto:sean@seanodonnell.com">sean@seanodonnell.com</a>> writes:<br><br>
> The only way I can do so is to boot via PXE/LAN and run e2fsck, which<br>> should (hopefully) solve my problem.<br><br>Can't you boot knoppix or ubuntu (cdrom) or tomsrtbt (floppy)? They<br>all include e2fsck.
<br><br>They also include disk dump programs such as tomshexd that you could<br>use to inspect the suspect partition table.<br><br>- --<br>John E. Kreznar <a href="mailto:jek@ininx.com">jek@ininx.com</a> 9F1148454619A5F08550 705961A47CC541AFEF13
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sean@seanodonnell.com</a>><br>Subject: Re: [SGVLUG] a pxe bootdisk that includes e2fsck?<br>To: "SGVLUG Discussion List." <<a href="mailto:sgvlug@sgvlug.net">sgvlug@sgvlug.net</a>><br>Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:47302476.7030605@seanodonnell.com">
47302476.7030605@seanodonnell.com</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8<br><br>John E. Kreznar wrote:<br>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----<br>><br>> Can't you boot knoppix or ubuntu (cdrom) or tomsrtbt (floppy)? They
<br>> all include e2fsck.<br><br>PXE is the only boot option I have for this laptop though,<br>unfortunately. The cd-rom is kaput, there's no floppy drive, and the<br>bios doesn't support usb booting.<br><br>*rant* This is the 2nd optical drive I've seen die on this laptop in 2
<br>years, so I'm reluctant to purchase another from the manufacturer (Pro<br>Star), especially considering they (conveniently) only have the more<br>expensive ($120) DVD-R drive available now, rather than the ($80)<br>
CD-R/DVD 'combo' drive. I'd rather spend that money on the new Call of<br>Duty (4)! */rant* =p<br><br>Anyhow, I just tried both pxe versions (ubuntu and knoppix) and (like<br>debian) neither included e2fsck. =/
<br><br>However, since I can at least boot into a shell via debian netboot, I'll<br>try placing e2fsck on a usb drive and mounting/executing it from there.<br>That should (hopefully) work. =?<br><br>I'm reading some notes about tomsrtbt via pxe, and will probably give
<br>that a try if mounting the usb drive via netboot fails.<br><br>Thanks for the suggestion, John.<br><br>-Sean<br><br>---<br><br>"The English are not happy unless they are miserable, the Irish are not<br>at peace unless they are at war, and the Scots are not at home unless
<br>they are abroad"<br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 5<br>Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2007 10:38:35 -0700<br>From: "Sean O'Donnell" <<a href="mailto:sean@seanodonnell.com">sean@seanodonnell.com
</a>><br>Subject: Re: [SGVLUG] a pxe bootdisk that includes e2fsck?<br>To: "SGVLUG Discussion List." <<a href="mailto:sgvlug@sgvlug.net">sgvlug@sgvlug.net</a>><br>Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:4730A69B.6000608@seanodonnell.com">
4730A69B.6000608@seanodonnell.com</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8<br><br>Sean O'Donnell wrote:<br>><br>> However, since I can at least boot into a shell via debian netboot, I'll<br>> try placing e2fsck on a usb drive and mounting/executing it from there.
<br>> That should (hopefully) work. =?<br><br>So much for that idea! =(<br><br>'$ mount /dev/sda1 /mnt<br>'mount: Invalid Argument<br><br>><br>> I'm reading some notes about tomsrtbt via pxe, and will probably give
<br>> that a try if mounting the usb drive via netboot fails.<br>><br><br>Hopefully tomsrtbt via pxe will work out better.<br><br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 6<br>Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 09:58:53 -0800
<br>From: "Emerson, Tom (*IC)" <<a href="mailto:Tom.Emerson@wbconsultant.com">Tom.Emerson@wbconsultant.com</a>><br>Subject: RE: [SGVLUG] a pxe bootdisk that includes e2fsck?<br>To: "SGVLUG Discussion List." <
<a href="mailto:sgvlug@sgvlug.net">sgvlug@sgvlug.net</a>><br>Message-ID:<br> <<a href="mailto:D9F138E684E07743A5AEAE27C8749A7D020CB692@wbwburpexmb6.amer.warnerbros.com">D9F138E684E07743A5AEAE27C8749A7D020CB692@wbwburpexmb6.amer.warnerbros.com
</a>><br><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"<br><br>> -----Original Message----- Of Sean O'Donnell<br>><br>> PXE is the only boot option I have for this laptop though,<br>> unfortunately. The cd-rom is kaput, there's no floppy drive,
<br>> and the bios doesn't support usb booting.<br><br>By "PXE boot", I presume you mean booting from a network, which implies<br>you have access to another working machine capable of being a<br>boot-server, right? Couldn't you make an NFS share available on the
<br>boot-server which contains the program you're looking for?<br><br>> *rant* This is the 2nd optical drive I've seen die on this<br>> laptop in 2 years, so I'm reluctant to purchase another from<br>> the manufacturer (Pro Star), especially considering they
<br>> (conveniently) only have the more expensive ($120) DVD-R<br>> drive available now, rather than the ($80) CD-R/DVD 'combo'<br>> drive. I'd rather spend that money on the new Call of Duty<br>> (4)! */rant* =p
<br><br>Hmmm... Two things come to mind:<br><br> 1) "2nd drive to die in two years", so this is a 2-year-old laptop?<br>(or did you buy it used?) For the last 5-ish years, most [granted, not<br>"all"], laptops have easy access to the hard drive so that you (the
<br>consumer) could pull and replace the drive without cracking open the<br>case; combined with the choice of /several/ external usb/firewire cases<br>that play host to a "laptop sized drive" (2.5"), you could pull the
<br>drive out and check it via another system<br><br> 2) likewise, even though the /company/ only provides a single<br>[expensive] feature-starved drive, you'll find that [again, almost...]<br>all "optical" drives for laptops come in a standard form factor now
<br>(there is a place in pasadena that specializes in selling these drives<br>at the computer swapmeet in pomona...) However, some manufacturers will<br>"disguise" this fact by placing a proprietary connector in the "drive
<br>bay", and encasing the drive in a carrier with the corresponding<br>connector -- you only need to replace the drive within the carrier with<br>what you want<br><br>[they sell the drives in two configurations: a "bare" drive and encased
<br>in an external USB carrier -- they even sell the carriers "empty"...] I<br>picked up a nice slot-loading DVD-RW/CD-RW combo drive for about $100,<br>/several/ months ago...<br><br><br><br>------------------------------
<br><br>Message: 7<br>Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 10:02:24 -0800 (PST)<br>From: Tom Emerson <<a href="mailto:osnut@pacbell.net">osnut@pacbell.net</a>><br>Subject: [SGVLUG] Fw: [HP3000-L] Get a refund for XP<br>To: San Gabriel Valley Linux User Group <
<a href="mailto:sgvlug@sgvlug.org">sgvlug@sgvlug.org</a>><br>Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:837182.41169.qm@web83726.mail.sp1.yahoo.com">837182.41169.qm@web83726.mail.sp1.yahoo.com</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
<br><br>FYI -- I know some folks here might be interested...<br><br>----- Forwarded Message ----<br>From: Craig Lalley <<a href="mailto:mr_lalley@YAHOO.COM">mr_lalley@YAHOO.COM</a>><br><br><br>Nice, if only this were in the US.
<br><br>Italian judge makes HP give refund for pre-installed XP<br><br>Ever read the EULA on a new computer? Well, someone in Italy did. And<br>it seems the End User License Agreement on the user's HP/Compaq system<br>
says "if the user doesn't agree with these terms, he shall contact the<br>manufacturer in order to return the software and receive a<br>reimbursement." So he tried to do just that, but HP said no, and it went to court.
<br>An Italian judge ordered HP to refund the cost of the operating system<br>and MS Works, which was also pre-installed. Read more here:<br><a href="http://www.wxpnews.com/QBWWLM/071106-HP-Refund">http://www.wxpnews.com/QBWWLM/071106-HP-Refund
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<br>To: "SGVLUG Discussion List." <<a href="mailto:sgvlug@sgvlug.net">sgvlug@sgvlug.net</a>><br>Message-ID:<br> <<a href="mailto:db8d5dba0711061008w133d4a9chf8cdf64157291fd@mail.gmail.com">db8d5dba0711061008w133d4a9chf8cdf64157291fd@mail.gmail.com
</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<br><br>Yes, it is in all of the M$ EULAs and the "Windows refund" has been<br>attempted many times. The only way you'll get it to work is to be very
<br>adamant in your disdain for the EULA and Window$.<br><br>I want to try it one of these days just for the experience.<br><br>On 06/11/2007, Tom Emerson <<a href="mailto:osnut@pacbell.net">osnut@pacbell.net</a>> wrote:
<br>><br>> FYI -- I know some folks here might be interested...<br>><br>> ----- Forwarded Message ----<br>> From: Craig Lalley <<a href="mailto:mr_lalley@YAHOO.COM">mr_lalley@YAHOO.COM</a>><br>><br>
> Nice, if only this were in the US.<br>><br>> Italian judge makes HP give refund for pre-installed XP<br>><br>> Ever read the EULA on a new computer? Well, someone in Italy did. And it<br>> seems the End User License Agreement on the user's HP/Compaq system says "if
<br>> the user doesn't agree with these terms, he shall contact the manufacturer<br>> in order to return the software and receive a reimbursement." So he tried to<br>> do just that, but HP said no, and it went to court. An Italian judge ordered
<br>> HP to refund the cost of the operating system and MS Works, which was also<br>> pre-installed. Read more here:<br>> <a href="http://www.wxpnews.com/QBWWLM/071106-HP-Refund">http://www.wxpnews.com/QBWWLM/071106-HP-Refund
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