I have installed openSUSE 11.1 apparently successfully, in that I could boot, login and work on all directories yesterday. But today I have tried unsuccessfully to boot four times. I get a text screen containing the following messages (copied by hand so may be not completely accurate)
/dev/disk/by-id/usb-ST350062_OAS_ST3500620A9QM47GTC-0:0-part6
No such file or directory
…
The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2 filesystem
fsck failed for at least one filesystem (not /)
sdc2 <sdc5 sdc6>
When I log in as root and do fsck /dev/sdc6 it says the filesystem is clean but I still cannot boot after doing a CONTROL D restart.
My limited knowledge suggests the problem may be due to a removable usb hard disk (?which the system is calling sdc ?) on which I have a linux ext3 partition (for data not /). The boot problem exists whether I have the usb disk connected or not.
During installation I configured this partition - maybe this was a mistake?
Any ideas on what’s going wrong and how to put it right?
Thanks for any help.