I have a dual boot on my system: WinXP Pro and Mandrake 8.2. Yesterday, while in Windows, I was testing different overclocking scenarios for the FSB and video card. This resulted in several lock-ups and memory dumps.
Having scratched that itch, I reset everything to default and proceeded on my merry way. Or so I thought.
As it turns out, Windows boots up without a problem but I can't get in to Linux. After several attempts, I can get it to a point where I'm offered an option to "force a file system integrity check /dev/hda8:"
If I choose "yes" I soon get a message that the integrity check failed. I'm given an option to repair the errors. Again, I choose "yes" and soon arrive at the prompt, localhost login:
If I type my name and password I get an error message that the "Authentication host cannot retrieve authentication info."
When this has happened in the past I've always resorted to re-installing Mandrake. I don't want to do that though if there is any way to correct the error. (I don't want to have to redo all my downloads, get eveything set up the way I like it, etc.) Do I have any alternatives?
Having scratched that itch, I reset everything to default and proceeded on my merry way. Or so I thought.
As it turns out, Windows boots up without a problem but I can't get in to Linux. After several attempts, I can get it to a point where I'm offered an option to "force a file system integrity check /dev/hda8:"
If I choose "yes" I soon get a message that the integrity check failed. I'm given an option to repair the errors. Again, I choose "yes" and soon arrive at the prompt, localhost login:
If I type my name and password I get an error message that the "Authentication host cannot retrieve authentication info."
When this has happened in the past I've always resorted to re-installing Mandrake. I don't want to do that though if there is any way to correct the error. (I don't want to have to redo all my downloads, get eveything set up the way I like it, etc.) Do I have any alternatives?
