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From: Werner Griessl <croot@btp1da.phy.uni-bayreuth.de>
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Subject: Re: Reinstall from scratch (was vnode_pager_input: I/O read error)
To: beattie@george.lbl.gov (Keith Beattie[SFSU Student])
Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1996 14:51:30 +0000 ()
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In-Reply-To: <199608020925.CAA18883@george.lbl.gov> from "Keith Beattie[SFSU Student]" at "Aug 2, 96 02:25:52 am"
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I had the same fsck error (float) in the past because a damaged rambank.
After replacing the ram, a "fsck -b32 /dev/..." (alternate superblock)
worked for me.

Hope this helps,
Werner