[SGVLUG] Re: SGVLUG Digest, Vol 123, Issue 5

Tue Nov 6 12:04:39 PST 2007

I have had great success using the clonezilla live cd. I don't know if it
has e2fsck on it or not though. I'm sure if you check out distrowatch.com it
lists the packages in the latest version. Hope that helps.

On 11/6/07, sgvlug-request at sgvlug.net <sgvlug-request at sgvlug.net> wrote:
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>   1. Re: Status of burger continental? (Swantje)
>   2. a pxe bootdisk that includes e2fsck? (Sean O'Donnell)
>   3. Re: a pxe bootdisk that includes e2fsck? (John E. Kreznar)
>   4. Re: a pxe bootdisk that includes e2fsck? (Sean O'Donnell)
>   5. Re: a pxe bootdisk that includes e2fsck? (Sean O'Donnell)
>   6. RE: a pxe bootdisk that includes e2fsck? (Emerson, Tom (*IC))
>   7. Fw: [HP3000-L] Get a refund for XP (Tom Emerson)
>   8. Re: Fw: [HP3000-L] Get a refund for XP (Dan Borne)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 19:55:02 -0800
> From: Swantje <swantje at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [SGVLUG] Status of burger continental?
> To: "SGVLUG Discussion List." <sgvlug at sgvlug.net>
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> Yep, Burger Continental is open again like usual :)
>
> Don't feel bad about the Macintosh. Wouldn't it be worse to type on
> Windows? And many of us even survive that ;)
>
> On 11/5/07, Dan Borne <danborne.kde at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I think it is fine now as in that it has been repaired, when I went by
> > there yesterday, I saw no indication otherwise.
> >
> > I feel sooo bad; I am typing this on a macintosch
> >
> > On 05/11/2007, Michael Proctor-Smith <mproctor13 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Anyone know the status of BC? Do we need to find a new location for
> > > the after meeting meeting?
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > "Dan Borne "groundferret" "
> >
>
>
> --
> "Small things done with great love will change the world."
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>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2007 21:48:01 -0800
> From: "Sean O'Donnell" <sean at seanodonnell.com>
> Subject: [SGVLUG] a pxe bootdisk that includes e2fsck?
> To: "SGVLUG Discussion List." <sgvlug at sgvlug.net>
> Message-ID: <47300011.8040804 at seanodonnell.com>
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> I need to repair a corrupt file system on my laptop.
>
> 'EXT2-fs: Corrupt root inode, run e2fsck
> 'Kernel Panic - kaput, etc.
>
> The only way I can do so is to boot via PXE/LAN and run e2fsck, which
> should (hopefully) solve my problem.
>
> I tried the debian pxe bootdisk, but that doesn't seem to include e2fsck.
> =/
>
> I then tried the Slackware pxe bootdisk, but I'm unable to boot
> successfully due to I/O errors detected on hda7. The fact that I get I/O
> errors on hda7 makes no sense to me since there isn't an hda7 in the
> partition table, unless the entire partition table is kaput. ??? If
> that's the case, then e2fsck probably won't help.
>
> 'hda7: bad access: block=0, count=1
> 'end_request: I/O error, dev 03:07: (hda)
>
> Anyhow, I'd like to find a pxe bootdisk that includes e2fsck so I can
> (hopefully) repair the file system.
>
> Any suggestions? *...as I try the next few (dozen) distros down the
> list...*
>
> Thanks,
> Sean
>
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2007 22:59:03 -0800
> From: "John E. Kreznar" <jek at ininx.com>
> Subject: Re: [SGVLUG] a pxe bootdisk that includes e2fsck?
> To: "SGVLUG Discussion List." <sgvlug at sgvlug.net>
> Message-ID: <E1IpDOV-0006LK-EG at iflig.ininx.com>
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> "Sean O'Donnell" <sean at seanodonnell.com> writes:
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> > The only way I can do so is to boot via PXE/LAN and run e2fsck, which
> > should (hopefully) solve my problem.
>
> Can't you boot knoppix or ubuntu (cdrom) or tomsrtbt (floppy)?  They
> all include e2fsck.
>
> They also include disk dump programs such as tomshexd that you could
> use to inspect the suspect partition table.
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> - --
> John E. Kreznar jek at ininx.com 9F1148454619A5F08550 705961A47CC541AFEF13
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> Message: 4
> Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:23:18 -0800
> From: "Sean O'Donnell" <sean at seanodonnell.com>
> Subject: Re: [SGVLUG] a pxe bootdisk that includes e2fsck?
> To: "SGVLUG Discussion List." <sgvlug at sgvlug.net>
> Message-ID: <47302476.7030605 at seanodonnell.com>
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> John E. Kreznar wrote:
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> > Can't you boot knoppix or ubuntu (cdrom) or tomsrtbt (floppy)?  They
> > all include e2fsck.
>
> PXE is the only boot option I have for this laptop though,
> unfortunately. The cd-rom is kaput, there's no floppy drive, and the
> bios doesn't support usb booting.
>
> *rant* This is the 2nd optical drive I've seen die on this laptop in 2
> years, so I'm reluctant to purchase another from the manufacturer (Pro
> Star), especially considering they (conveniently) only have the more
> expensive ($120) DVD-R drive available now, rather than the ($80)
> CD-R/DVD 'combo' drive. I'd rather spend that money on the new Call of
> Duty (4)! */rant*  =p
>
> Anyhow, I just tried both pxe versions (ubuntu and knoppix) and (like
> debian) neither included e2fsck. =/
>
> However, since I can at least boot into a shell via debian netboot, I'll
> try placing e2fsck on a usb drive and mounting/executing it from there.
> That should (hopefully) work. =?
>
> I'm reading some notes about tomsrtbt via pxe, and will probably give
> that a try if mounting the usb drive via netboot fails.
>
> Thanks for the suggestion, John.
>
> -Sean
>
> ---
>
> "The English are not happy unless they are miserable, the Irish are not
> at peace unless they are at war, and the Scots are not at home unless
> they are abroad"
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> Message: 5
> Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2007 10:38:35 -0700
> From: "Sean O'Donnell" <sean at seanodonnell.com>
> Subject: Re: [SGVLUG] a pxe bootdisk that includes e2fsck?
> To: "SGVLUG Discussion List." <sgvlug at sgvlug.net>
> Message-ID: <4730A69B.6000608 at seanodonnell.com>
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> Sean O'Donnell wrote:
> >
> > However, since I can at least boot into a shell via debian netboot, I'll
> > try placing e2fsck on a usb drive and mounting/executing it from there.
> > That should (hopefully) work. =?
>
> So much for that idea! =(
>
> '$ mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
> 'mount: Invalid Argument
>
> >
> > I'm reading some notes about tomsrtbt via pxe, and will probably give
> > that a try if mounting the usb drive via netboot fails.
> >
>
> Hopefully tomsrtbt via pxe will work out better.
>
>
>
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> Message: 6
> Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 09:58:53 -0800
> From: "Emerson, Tom (*IC)" <Tom.Emerson at wbconsultant.com>
> Subject: RE: [SGVLUG] a pxe bootdisk that includes e2fsck?
> To: "SGVLUG Discussion List." <sgvlug at sgvlug.net>
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> > -----Original Message----- Of Sean O'Donnell
> >
> > PXE is the only boot option I have for this laptop though,
> > unfortunately. The cd-rom is kaput, there's no floppy drive,
> > and the bios doesn't support usb booting.
>
> By "PXE boot", I presume you mean booting from a network, which implies
> you have access to another working machine capable of being a
> boot-server, right?  Couldn't you make an NFS share available on the
> boot-server which contains the program you're looking for?
>
> > *rant* This is the 2nd optical drive I've seen die on this
> > laptop in 2 years, so I'm reluctant to purchase another from
> > the manufacturer (Pro Star), especially considering they
> > (conveniently) only have the more expensive ($120) DVD-R
> > drive available now, rather than the ($80) CD-R/DVD 'combo'
> > drive. I'd rather spend that money on the new Call of Duty
> > (4)! */rant*  =p
>
> Hmmm... Two things come to mind:
>
>   1) "2nd drive to die in two years", so this is a 2-year-old laptop?
> (or did you buy it used?)  For the last 5-ish years, most [granted, not
> "all"], laptops have easy access to the hard drive so that you (the
> consumer) could pull and replace the drive without cracking open the
> case; combined with the choice of /several/ external usb/firewire cases
> that play host to a "laptop sized drive" (2.5"), you could pull the
> drive out and check it via another system
>
>   2) likewise, even though the /company/ only provides a single
> [expensive] feature-starved drive, you'll find that [again, almost...]
> all "optical" drives for laptops come in a standard form factor now
> (there is a place in pasadena that specializes in selling these drives
> at the computer swapmeet in pomona...)  However, some manufacturers will
> "disguise" this fact by placing a proprietary connector in the "drive
> bay", and encasing the drive in a carrier with the corresponding
> connector -- you only need to replace the drive within the carrier with
> what you want
>
> [they sell the drives in two configurations: a "bare" drive and encased
> in an external USB carrier -- they even sell the carriers "empty"...]  I
> picked up a nice slot-loading DVD-RW/CD-RW combo drive for about $100,
> /several/ months ago...
>
>
>
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> Message: 7
> Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 10:02:24 -0800 (PST)
> From: Tom Emerson <osnut at pacbell.net>
> Subject: [SGVLUG] Fw: [HP3000-L] Get a refund for XP
> To: San Gabriel Valley Linux User Group <sgvlug at sgvlug.org>
> Message-ID: <837182.41169.qm at web83726.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>
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> FYI -- I know some folks here might be interested...
>
> ----- Forwarded Message ----
> From: Craig Lalley <mr_lalley at YAHOO.COM>
>
>
> Nice, if only this were in the US.
>
> Italian judge makes HP give refund for pre-installed XP
>
> Ever read the EULA on a new computer? Well, someone in Italy did. And
> it seems the End User License Agreement on the user's HP/Compaq system
> says "if the user doesn't agree with these terms, he shall contact the
> manufacturer in order to return the software and receive a
> reimbursement." So he tried to do just that, but HP said no, and it went
> to court.
> An Italian judge ordered HP to refund the cost of the operating system
> and MS Works, which was also pre-installed. Read more here:
> http://www.wxpnews.com/QBWWLM/071106-HP-Refund
>
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> Message: 8
> Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 10:08:46 -0800
> From: "Dan Borne" <danborne.kde at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [SGVLUG] Fw: [HP3000-L] Get a refund for XP
> To: "SGVLUG Discussion List." <sgvlug at sgvlug.net>
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> Yes, it is in all of the M$ EULAs and the "Windows refund" has been
> attempted many times. The only way you'll get it to work is to be very
> adamant in your disdain for the EULA and Window$.
>
> I want to try it one of these days just for the experience.
>
> On 06/11/2007, Tom Emerson <osnut at pacbell.net> wrote:
> >
> > FYI -- I know some folks here might be interested...
> >
> > ----- Forwarded Message ----
> > From: Craig Lalley <mr_lalley at YAHOO.COM>
> >
> > Nice, if only this were in the US.
> >
> > Italian judge makes HP give refund for pre-installed XP
> >
> > Ever read the EULA on a new computer? Well, someone in Italy did. And it
> > seems the End User License Agreement on the user's HP/Compaq system says
> "if
> > the user doesn't agree with these terms, he shall contact the
> manufacturer
> > in order to return the software and receive a reimbursement." So he
> tried to
> > do just that, but HP said no, and it went to court. An Italian judge
> ordered
> > HP to refund the cost of the operating system and MS Works, which was
> also
> > pre-installed. Read more here:
> > http://www.wxpnews.com/QBWWLM/071106-HP-Refund
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> "Dan Borne "groundferret" "
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