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From: NoStop 
Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu
Subject: Re: Boot time error - File system check failed
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2007 10:09:32 -0800
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Ian Stewart wrote:

> More help needed with 6.06.
> 
> Error message (at boot) reads as follows -
> 
> fsck.ext2 : No such file or directory while trying to
> open /dev/hda8
> File system check failed. Please repair manually
> 
> I'm fairly certain that I know why !
> 
> I just used GParted to merge /hda6 and /hda7
> (prior to that, /hda7 was an empty ext2 partition
> as was /hda8)
> 
> So the old /hda8 is now renamed /hda7
> (I intend using this partition for /home)
> and /hda8 no longer exists.
> 
> ie in GParted, the Linux part of my HD
> now looks like this :
> /dev/HDA5     swap    204 Mb
> /dev/HDA6     ext2    7.1Gb        6.06
> /dev/HDA7     ext2    7.05 Gb     /home
> 
> I can get into Ubuntu and everything
> seems to be working OK.
> 
> What do I need to do to repair the filesystem
> and get rid of the error message ?
> 
> -- jjj

Ian,

The problem is because although /dev/hda8 is no longer there, you still have
it in your fstab file. You'll need to either remove the line:

/dev/hda8       /media/hda8     ext2    defaults        0       2

.... or comment it out by preceeding it with a #

Cheers.

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