>> For those that happen to google this thread trying to find the >> solution: upgrading *would* have fixed his system due to the various >> steps done during upgrades, >> > BZZZT! WRONG! If the system rebooted clean [which this one did], the > problem would not have been found during a normal upgrade. > > Again, misdirection, tons of rheotiric deflecting the issues, and normal > behavior of many on this list DID totally obscure the problem. *BUT* > that's the way it works here.
a recent system does a fsck -fp of each partition, so it would have fixed your problem. you are very ungrateful, by insulting a person who helped you, for free.