fsck problem on updating to F10

[Eric Sandeen]

Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 3:48 PM, Bill Nottingham <notting at redhat.com> wrote:
>> Patrick O'Callaghan (pocallaghan at gmail.com) said:
>>> On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 3:09 PM, Bill Nottingham <notting at redhat.com> wrote:
>>>> Patrick O'Callaghan (pocallaghan at gmail.com) said:
>>>>> I updated my F9 to F10 from the Preview DVD, but on rebooting after
>>>>> updatig I get a complaint about an fsck error and am then offered a
>>>>> shell to fix it. Trouble is, I can' t figure out what the error is.
>>>>> fsck from the shell shows no errors. Ditto fsck from the DVD in rescue
>>>>> mode. /var/log/* has no lines containing 'fsck' .
>>>> Can you just transcribe the error and post it?
>>> If it persists after the update I'll do that, however IIRC it didn't
>>> seem to contain anything useful, such as a filesystem or device name.
>>> To paraphrase, it was along the lines of "There was an fsck error and
>>> here's a shell so you can fix it. Type Ctrl-D to reboot when you're
>>> done".
>> There should at least be *some* error above that, whether from fsck, mount,
>> or otherwise.
> 
> If there is it flies past too fast to be seen and isn't logged
> anywhere. After 335 package updates, the error persists. This is the
> exact text as it appears on the screen:
> 
> *** 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 to continue):

Can you do that, then, and run fsck on your filesystems manually, and
direct the output to a file for later inspection?

-Eric