Forwarded message: request for help

[bogamo at azole.res.wpi.edu (Geoffrey Allen Borggaard)]

> When I rebooted from a backup floppy, the boot and hardware checks
> went ok - Linux 1.3.4 loaded ok from the disk but I got this error -
> 
> EXT2-fs error (device 8/1): ext2_check_descriptors: Inode bitmap for
> group 20 not in group (block 131079)!
> EXT2-fs group descriptors corrupted.
> 
> MSDOS Beta 0.6 (compatibility level 0.4, fast msdos)
> Mounting root
> VFS: Mounted root (umsdos filesystem) readonly
> 
> The system hangs there.

Well, I have a suggestion, but I can't guarentee anything...

Try booting off the boot/root slackware disks.  
Once you are in the system, try mounting your troubled disk r/o... 
If this works you can Back up your important stuff.  And maybee try 
running fsck manually...

I hope this works...

	-Geoff

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