From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
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To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Corrupted file entry on QEMU - how to recover?
Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 04:10:52 -0500
From: Skip Tavakkolian <9nut@9netics.com>
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> Hello. I got a strange cacheLocalAlloc function error consisting of  
> "get type 0 exp 0...type 40509443? exp 0". I did an fshalt and  
> restarted, but now I get
> 
> 	user[none]: pietro
> 	time...
> 	fossil(#S/sdC0/fossil)...fsOpen error
> 	fsOpen: fileRoot: corrupted file entry
> 	fsys main open -V -c 3000: fsOpen: fileRoot: corrupted file entry
> 	version...boot: mount /: fsys 'main' not open
> 	panic: boot process died: unknown
> 	panic: boot process died: unknown
> 	dumpstack disabled
> 	cpu0: exiting
> 
> Note that the boot process died message comes twice. Every time I  
> subsequently try to start Plan 9, I get this error. What's going on,  
> and can I use the installer disk to fix it, and how?

you should be able to boot from an install cd and then
start another fossil for /dev/sdC0/fossil to see what's
going on.