On Fri, 19 Mar 1999, April Escamilla wrote:
> David,
>
> The last messages I get before it drops me to the bash shell are:
>
> /dev/hda1 contains a file sustem with errors, check forced
> /dev/hda1 unattached inode 120370
>
> /dev/hda1: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; Run fsck MANUALLY
> (ie, without -a or -p options)
>
> **An error occured during the file system check.
> **Dropping you to a shell; the system will reboot
> ** when you leave the shell
> Give root password for maintence:
> (Or type control-d for normal startup)
>
> I tried running fsck, but it tells me
>
> parallelizing fsck version 1.12
>
> Any thoughts? I'm not sure if the shell thinks I'm a su root, or
> not though...And apparently not since I can't touch the file :)
>
Sure, your root partition was probably not unmounted properly the last
time the machine was used, and, as fsck is reporting, there are file
system inconsistencies. After you run
fsck /dev/hda1
what happens?
The message "parallelizing fsck version 1.12" is normal. Note that it can
take 5-10 minutes for fsck to get through trying to repair the disk.
Answer "y" to any question it asks you, more or less. After it finishes,
run it again (and possibly again) until you are sure there are no more
errors, then reboot.
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