Re: Linux fedora core 4 ... GRUB loading stage2... booting message

From: Lenard (lenard_at_127.0.0.1)
Date: 11/18/05 

Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 02:26:25 GMT

someone92@hotmail.com wrote:

> I just tried partimage using SystemRescueCD and I was able to make the
> backups of both partitions (using the nodetect option when booting
> SystemRescueCD because it was hanging at the hardware auto-detection).
> But partimage gave me an error on both partitions:
> e2fsck found error on the file system

Then fix the errors, boot into rescue mode from the FC4 CD and use e2fsck.
Or (better yet !?!) use the FC4 CD in rescue mode and run partimage instead
of the SystemRescueCD, Download and build from the 6.4 source rpm (since I
don't see one for FC4);

http://dag.wieers.com/packages/partimage/partimage-0.6.4-1.rf.src.rpm

> I would not be suprise to see this error only on the boot partition
> since ghost gives me an error, but It's strange I get this error on
> both. Does partimage really support ext3?

Yep, ext3 is basically ext2 with journaling;

http://www.partimage.org/
http://olstrans.sourceforge.net/release/OLS2000-ext3/OLS2000-ext3.html

> Do you think my backup will work anyway? And does partimage backup the
> boot sectors too?

Not 100% sure for either question....

The backup should be OK, but it would be a good idea to check and verify.

As far as the boot sectors, I really don't know. I used qtparted to copy and
expand my partitions when I moved to a larger HD for my laptop without any
problems. Connected my new 40-gig HD to the laptop and setup the old 10-gig
in an external USB enclosure, booted with the SystemRecsueCD copied then
expanded the partitions (left the /boot and /swap partitions the same size)
I want to one at a time(root, /home and /usr). 

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 safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."     -- B. Franklin, 1759

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