problems need help

[dimenos]

hello
i get this problem all the time when i boot:
*activating (possible) swap ...
/sbin/rc: line 279: /dev/null: too many levels of symbolic links
/sbin/splash-functions.sh: line 151: /dev/null: too many levels of symbolic links
/etc/init.d/checkroot: line 13: /dev/null: too many levels of symbolic links
*checking root filesystems ...
error: could't open /dev/null (too many levels of symbolic links)
fsck.ext3: too many levels of symbolic links while trying to open /dev/hda3
/dev/hda3
The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2
filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2
filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock
is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock:
e2fsck -b 8193 <device>
* filesystem couldn't be fixed
/sbin/functions.sh: line 335: cannot redirect standard input from /dev/null: too many levels of symbolic links
/sbin/functions.sh: line 335: rc_splash: command not found
/dev/CONSOL: too many levels of symbolic links
give root password for maintenance
(or type control-D

i have been scearching the fourm for help
pleas

[dimenos]

hey i'm still in need of help or push to the right direction, i have read about the symbolic
links in the forum but niting of that relate to the problem i'm having, i could be wrong.

1. can i solve this problem without the need of reinstalling gentoo
2. if no is it some how i can make the reinstalling get my installed files and use them when installing
over agian.

[richard.scott]

I've fixed this problem on my system by doing the following: