Debian Etch AMD64 fsck e2fsck
Using my motherboard and net install cd I have to type:
rescue pci=nomsi
to get rescue mode started.
after that I can execute a shell in the installer environment; then type at the prompt
# e2fsck -v -y /dev/mapper/hostname-partition
where
hostname
is my computer's hostname and partition
is a partition name like home, var, usr or boot.