Help for Linux
Daniel Pittman
daniel at rimspace.net
Thu Feb 3 23:51:06 UTC 2005
On 3 Feb 2005, Andy Zheng wrote:
> I need help with the following problems:
>
> The system might suffer a power loss when I run a program. After the reboot
> process, it has happened, this prompt is issued on the filesystem
> check failed. This message appears:
>
> *** 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)
>
> When the filesystem check failed, I will log in by specifying the root
> password and run the fsck program manually. When I have typed in the
> root password, I am presented with the following prompt:
>
> (Repair filesystem) #
>
> How can I repair filesytem?
Run fsck manually on the drive. You may find reading the 'e2fsck'
manual page helpful here.
Regardless of that prompt, it is simply a standard shell.
daniel
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