Repair file system

[zillah]

I'm not sure that turning off SELinux at this time is an option until he can do a proper boot.

I forgot to tell you, this option it was turned on by default when I did the first installation from scratch , and when I reinstalled FC3 again

If this was (turning on SELinux) the reason for my problem, then why did not this happen straight away when I finished the first installation ?? If this was the reason why has it been turned on by default ?


I have not seen your comment about this :

But still I can see the /usr partition which is (my case) /dev/hda6 under "My Computer" windowsOS, named: Local Disk (K : )!!! ?. When I tried to access it, it asked to format the partition, which I have not.

[drakebasher]

I forgot to tell you, this option it was turned on by default when I did the first installation from scratch

When I installed FC3, there was a choice of having SELinux active, warn-only or (if I recall correctly) off entirely.... I selected warn only. I have no idea if this is related to your problems, but my understanding of SELinux is that it is experimental and pervasive.

I have not seen your comment about this :...

That's a puzzle. I don't know why Windows would "see" a Linux partition. I am not surprised that Windows offered to format it. Is it possible that that partition lies (on the physical device) between two Windows partitions? What is the format of /usr? Is it ext3 or something else?

[zillah]

What is the format of /usr? Is it ext3 or something else?

It is ext3.

[shiju_varghese]

You first need to mount the partition that has your root ( / ) directory on it:[code]Repair file system1# mount /dev/hda2 /mnt/ <-assuming root is on hda2

Even I had had the same issue
Thanks for the post. It really helped