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



1) Does fsck looks for bad blocks by default? Perhaps you should run badblocks 
manually?
2) I am not sure if at the end the it will save you time but you might want to 
consider purging and installing the relevant packages.

> 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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