Re: linux no longer boots :(


Subject: Re: linux no longer boots :(
From: Roy Koch (rkoch@interaccess.com)
Date: Wed Jan 26 2000 - 04:43:13 MST


I am new only to Linux and getting same problem one thing I do know this is not a
improper shutdown problem when I try too login as root I get a improper pasword
message?

Graham Leggett wrote:

> Josh Forman wrote:
>
> > Uh-oh...major probs here... Linux isn't even booting fully anymore...
>
> Linux refuses to start up if your filesystem doesn't pass is consistency
> check. If the automatic fix procedure doesn't work, then it will ask you
> to fix it manually.
>
> > First it says the filesystem with errors was found (my root fs)....check
> > forced...(that's nothing new)
>
> If that's not new to you then there's a problem - are you shutting down
> your machine correctly after you are finished with it, or are you just
> pulling the plug? If you don't go through a proper shutdown, you can
> cause filesystem damage, which seems to have happened here. The same
> goes for any OS, Unix, NT, whatever.
>
> > then it says something about an inconsistency found (in CAPS!) and tha t I
> > should run fsck "manually" I try that and it just spits out a version line
> > or something.
> >
> > Before I tried fsck, it says give root password for routine maintenance, or
> > hit control-d for normal startup. I tried the control-D and it shuts down
> > almost instantly.
>
> And did you enter your root password for routine maintenance? When you
> do that, you get dropped into a shell so that you can fix the problem
> manually.
>
> Regards,
> Graham
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