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err msg: "Warning: Unable to open initial console"



I have a Red Hat 6.0 machine.

Someone didn't shutdown one of my RH 6.0 machines properly and just
unplugged it from the wall.  This, as expected, caused some problems with my
disk. The exact error upon reboot was:
EXT2-FS ERROR (device sd(8,3)): ext2_read_inode: unable to read inode
block - inode 64321, block = 65540")

So,  I booted with a rescue disk set and e2fsck'ed it.  The check resulted
in e2fsck clearing a ton of inodes (something like inode 64300 - 66800).

When I reboot it goes past the location of the old error and gives me:
Warning: Unable to open initial console.

It just hangs here.

I've checked in news groups and other sources on-line.  People are telling
me to re-install. Is this truly what I should do (as I would really prefer
not)?
Or is there documentation somewhere on this error and what it is related to.

Any help or leads on how to solve or approach this problem

thanks
- Nathan




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