[Veni_Vidi_Vici]

When I try to boot Ubuntu 8.04 I get an error saying that the automatic file system check has failed. I then have to do a manual check to fix the filesystem before I can boot, which takes a time consuming 10 minutes or so.

I think it started when I installed ext2fsd on winxp64 to mount my partitions. I assume that windows isn't properly writing to the drive (though all the files I edited in windows are intact, so it must be some indexing/fat error). Assuming ext2fsd is the problem, does anyone know how to fix this? Any good alternatives to ext2fsd?

*both winxp and ubuntu are on their own drive
*both updated completely
*I have the latest version of ext2fsd, but I'm going to check that I didn't get the 32bit version by accident
*I don't remember the exact errors on the manual fsck, but I think something about "inode missing/ unecpexted number of inodes" kept popping up (if i have to do it again i'll take notes)

Thanks.

[lotuseclat79]

Hi Veni_Vidi_Vici,

Yes, check which file system driver you installed - it should be the 64-bit one.

I would not automount either system on the other, but do it manually or with a script.

That way, when the fsck is run on either native system, the other file system is not in play.

-- Tom