----- Original Message -----
From: pol keem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, September 13, 1999 6:43 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] reboot after incorrect shutdown
> i'll get the updates...
>
> but is there any way to recover my machine from this
> error without having to reinstall?
>
> --- Manny Styles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: pol keem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Monday, September 13, 1999 4:25 PM
> > Subject: [newbie] reboot after incorrect shutdown
> >
> >
> > > when i reboot after incorrect shutdown...it says
> > some
> > > disks were not unmounted correcty and to
> > > RUN fdck MANUALLY
> > > and asks me for root passwd...
> > >
> > > after i give it the passwd and type fdck it says
> > one
> > > line about parallelizing...
> > >
> > > so i exit and it says...
> > > you're nobody...go away...
> > >
> > > and then after more error messages it goes to the
> > > login prompt and says...internal error....
> > >
> > > i've reinstalled it twice and got the same result
> > > after rebooting whenever it freezes...
> > >
> > > any ideas?...
> > > ===
> > > polkeem
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> >
> > Manny Styles
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> polkeem
>
I believe that should be fsck (I don't know if that was just a typo on
your part or not.) Assuming your root partition is on /dev/hda1, you
should type in:
#fsck /dev/hda1
That should fix your filesystem. Make sure to answer Y to every
question.
Manny Styles
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