Laptops :: Hanging in Hard Drive Check

Hi..I have a Toshiba Satellite....while booting the dsl...it hangs on in the hard drive check.....( fstab )....then after it is done(sometimes) i will display a message like "hda: lost inteaction or something..."I am guessing that dsl cant detect my hdd...any suggestionss...

completely stops at /etc/fstab...
latest dsl distro 1.3.1
toshiba satelite 1805-s253, p3@850mhz

Hmm..

this is a long shot, but try:

dsl dma

at the boot prompt and see if it helps.

I had the same problem with my Satellite 2595CDT. When the boot finally aborted to the console, I typed this in: sudo fsck -f -y /dev /hda2 (this would be whatever partition you choose). This command forces a disk check, and tells the system to fix all errors it comes across. After this completed, I was able to boot my system normally. This is a dangerous command, so use it at your own risk!

torp

original here.