On Fri, Jun 29, 2007 at 08:33:53AM -0500, Raymond Norton wrote: > Of course, I was supposed to leave on vacation this morning:) > > I had a main server go down hard last night. It wont boot now, and gives > errors related to the file system; > > Ext3-fs error (device dm-0): ext3 check_desriptors: Block bitmap for group > 1664 not in group (block 41471)! > Ext3-fs group descriptors corrupted! > mount: error 22 mounting ext3 > mount: error 2 mounting none > switchroot: mount failed: 22 > umount /initrd/dev failed: 2 > Kernal Panic- not syncing: Attempted to kill init. > > > > I tried to boot to to linux rescue mode, to run fsck, but it says there > are no Linux partions. > > > Knoppix show /dev/sda1, and all files, but does not know the file system > of /dev/sda2. > > Any ideas how I can run a disk repair tool on this box? All disks go bad, eventually. Why are you trying to repair a bad drive? Even if it's not bad, and is repairable - how could you trust it now? Replace, restore from backups, and enjoy your vacation! Dan