Log of fsck -C -R -A -a Thu Dec 13 17:45:06 2007 fsck 1.40.2 (12-Jul-2007) fsck.ext3: Not a directory while trying to open /dev/hdc1/ /dev/hdc1/: The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2 filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2 filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock: e2fsck -b 8193 fsck died with exit status 8 Thu Dec 13 17:45:06 2007 ---------------- # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 # /dev/hda1 UUID=ddb8f146-3f36-485d-bb25-b01899b35296 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 # /dev/hda5 UUID=b21d71bb-d8f9-49d7-997f-bcab86d834b7 none swap sw 0 0 /dev/hdd /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec 0 0 /dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto,exec 0 0 /dev/hdc1/ /mnt/250gb ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1