On Apr 21, 2006, at 7:58 AM, Krishnaprasad wrote: > try to mount /dev/sdb1 to loop > > ie mount -o loop /dev/sdb1 > then run > > e2fsck /dev/sdb1 > > it may work... There is no problem mounting the partition. The only problem is when the filesystem is checked at startup. Thanks, -- Jason Dixon DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net