Re: Help

[Mohd Irfan R Khan]

type the root password and run fsck fsck /dev/hd? (depends on ur harddrive partition) u can get the partition name by cat /etc/fstab wish ur problem will be solved by this   Regards Mohd IrfanR Khan     ----- Original Message ----- From: Chris To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2002 12:28 AM Subject: Help I am new to Linux, previous to this I have always used Mircosoft Windows OS.   I have installed RedHat Linux ver. 7.3 with the kernal ver. 52.4.18-5 on an older computer I have.  Its a 233MMX with 65mb of ram. The install went well, and I had no errors reported.  The first I reboot the system I recieve an error.   / contains a file system with errors, check forced. Error reading block 1739350 (Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read).   /: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY.     (ie., without -a or -p options)                                                                                                         [FAILED]   *** An error occurred during the file system check. *** Dropping you to a shell; the system will reboot *** when you leave the shell Give root password for maintenance (or type Control-D for normal startup): _   I have reinstalled Linux three times on this system becuase I get the exact same error when I reboot for the first time.  I am using the correct shutdown procedure.   I have no knowledge of how the Linux OS and kernal work, so I am at a total loss.   Any help would be appreciated.   Thanks Chris   --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.380 / Virus Database: 213 - Release Date: 7/24/2002