In article <C8H8zv.B8H@athena.cs.uga.edu>, mjuric@aisun1.ai.uga.edu (Mark Juric [MSAI]) writes:
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> I've just installed Linux and everything seems to be working find, but when I
> boot up I get this warning: "EXT2-fs warning: mounting unchecked file system,
> running e2fsck is recommended" right after the partition check.
Yeah, so what? Everyone gets this message and the reason (the fact that Linux
does not dismount / when it shuts down) is well documented.

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>   I run ef2sck on /dev/hdb7 (where root is) and it's fine.  However, when I try
> and run it on /dev/hdb6 where I used mkswap to create a 6MEG swap file, I get 
> the error "bad magic number in super-block."  Anybody got any clues what I did
> wrong?

Is /dev/hdb6 a ext2fs file system with a 6MEG swap *file* on it or a swap
*partition*? If it's a fs you have a problem, if it's a swap partion why are
you running e2fsck on it? 

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