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Re: Cannot boot linux....
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ray Curtis)
Sat Nov 9 16:44:34 1996
Date: Sat, 9 Nov 1996 16:40:20 -0500
From: ray@fred.net (Ray Curtis)
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In-Reply-To: <199611092116.QAA18368@redhat.com>
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Wierdl Mate writes:
> >
> > > From: "Gary" <94486068@cpccux0.cityu.edu.hk>
> >
> > > The problem is like this :
> > >
> > > Checking all file systems.
> > > [/sbin/fsck.ext2] fsck.ext2 -a /dev/hda2
> > > Warning... fsck.ext2 for device /dev/hda2 exited with signal 11.
> > >
> > > *** An error occurred during the file system check.
> > > *** Dropping you to a shell; the system will reboot
> > > *** when you leave the shell
> > > (Repair filesystem) #
> > >
> > > I don't know why this happened, it is very annoyed me. Is anyone can help
> > > me?
> > >
> > This very thing happened to me after my child shut down the computer
> > during Linux boot-up. You can still try to look at your file system:
> > "fd" "cd", "ls" and "cat" commands worked for me. In my case the
> > filesystem was completely screwed up. Unfortunately I didn't know how
> > to fix it myself, so I just reinstalled Linux. Took me about 40-50
> > min. It may be the fastest solution (although not the most pleasant
> > one) for you as well.
>
> Wait a second. In the original message, you see the line
>
> > > *** when you leave the shell
> > > (Repair filesystem) #
>
> Does not this mean just press return, and an automatic reparation of
> the file system will start (asking you questions about whether it is OK
> to repair certain stuff or not). I had to this twice last year.
>
> I do not think it is necessary to reinstall.
I agree its not, however you cannot just hit return, you have to
run 'fsck' manually to correct the errors and just say yes to
everything.
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