if i was you, i\ll mount the filesystem readonly (using any live cd, like system rescue cd), backup data, and try to fix file system. also it my be related with: <a href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=431647">https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=431647</a> <div>2008/2/24, John Summerfield <<a href="mailto:debian@herakles.homelinux.org">debian@herakles.homelinux.org</a>>:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Andrew Farris wrote: > John Summerfield wrote: >> John Summerfield wrote: >>> >> >>> 5. Booting an F8 rescue CD. I forgot the pci=nomsi,nommconf trick >>> (which also works for Knoppix 5.1 on the same hardware), but it >>> didn't stop there, when last I looked it was taking ages running >>> /sbin/loader. >> >> The f8 rescue CD boots, but is unable to help. When I try to chroot >> into the installed image, I get "Exec format error." >> >> rpm from the rescue CD cannot install rpms on the f9alpha system. > > Sorry I meant from the rawhide rescue image, but it appears not to be That's okay, I was replying to myself, before I saw your earlier reply. > anywhere right now (I guess images haven't built in awhile). The F9 > Alpha may let you get into a rescue environment though. > I don't have any F9Plpha boot media, and I've not located any. I can download this: <a href="http://koji.fedoraproject.org/packages/kernel/2.6.25/0.65.rc2.git7.fc9/x86_64/">http://koji.fedoraproject.org/packages/kernel/2.6.25/0.65.rc2.git7.fc9/x86_64/</a> and unpack it, and create a bootable CD (I have a script someplace that puts grub on a CD, adding a kernel might not be difficult) or usb disk (I suppose I can get it from the BIOS and hence from existing grub). I'll work on that until someone has a better idea. -- Cheers John -- spambait <a href="mailto:1aaaaaaa@coco.merseine.nu">1aaaaaaa@coco.merseine.nu</a> <a href="mailto:Z1aaaaaaa@coco.merseine.nu">Z1aaaaaaa@coco.merseine.nu</a> -- Advice <a href="http://webfoot.com/advice/email.top.php">http://webfoot.com/advice/email.top.php</a> <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html">http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html</a> <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375</a> You cannot reply off-list:-) -- fedora-test-list mailing list <a href="mailto:fedora-test-list@redhat.com">fedora-test-list@redhat.com</a> To unsubscribe: <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list</a> </blockquote></div> -- Linux counter #213090