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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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