On 8/13/2012 4:07 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 2:41 PM, Dan Carl <danc at bluestarshows.com> wrote: >>>> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System >>>> /dev/sda1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux >>>> /dev/sda2 14 658 5180962+ 82 Linux swap / >>>> Solaris >>>> /dev/sda3 659 8842 65737980 83 Linux >>>> >>> You said this had RAID5: what's the o/p of cat /proc/mdstat?\ >> Its a hardware raid5 perc. >> I cannot mount the boot partition sda1. >> sda3 mounts fine this is where the OS is. >> What to do? > What kind of error do you get when you try to mount sda1? Is it > something fsck will fix? You need to load the kernel and initrd from > there. > #mount -t ext3 /dev/sda1 /mnt/myboot mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda1, missing codepage or other error In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try dmesg | tail or so I have nothing in my boot directory. Will I have to reload the kernel and grub? ran fsck got Superblock has an invalid ext3 journal (inode 8). Clear<y>? Should I select Y? Thanks Dan -- Dan Carl 651-766-2800 x218 651-491-9712 Mobile