On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 11:14:08AM -0600, Ruibiao Qiu wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> I just messed up my root disk when adding an external SCSI disk.
> It now shows:
> ...
> root on sd1a dump on sd1b
> /: bad dir ino 14 at offset 0: mangled entry
> panic: bad dir
> ...
> and it drops back to db> prompt.
> 
> Is there any quick way to fix this problem without replacing
> hard drive physically?  Thanks.

1) try to remove the external hard disk and see if you can boot again
2) boot install media (floppy, cd, net or whatever you used to install) and
type 'fsck /dev/rsd1a' to try to repair it.

But just adding a drive should'nt produce this. I suspect you have a
problem on your SCSI system: both disks at the same ID, bad cable, terminator
problem, ...

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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