[parisc-linux] installing linux on HP systems

Richard Hirst rhirst@linuxcare.com
Wed, 5 Sep 2001 14:00:53 +0100


On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 01:18:19AM -0400, nick@snowman.net wrote:
> Hi, I've got a C180 and a 715 that I'm trying to install linux on.  The
> C180 has various issues that I belive are being worked on, so I moved on
> to the 715.  On the 715 I get errors allong the lines of:
> Writing inode tables: done                            
> Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done
> # 
> # # EXT2-fs error (device sd(8,2)): ext2_readdir: bad entry in directory
> #2: rec_len % 4 != 0 - offset=0, inode=1701996660, rec_len5
> 
> This happens every time I try and mount a partition.  Is the 715 scsi
> unsupported as well?

715 scsi is supported, and works for many people.  Sorry, I don't know
what might be causing your problem.

Richard