--- Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Joris Huizer wrote: > > >Hello everybody > > > >I've got a big problem now: > > > >First, I had a weird warning about a change in > memory > >while nothing should have changed - I did nothing > >special to cause such a thing... Anyway, then the > >probs go on: > > > >When I try to boot I get an error message when the > >check for the root system starts. > >These are the outputs: > > > >--------------- > > > >checking root system... > >fsck 1.27 (8-Mar-2002) > >/dev/hdb1 contains a filesystem with errors, check > >forced. > >/dev/hdb1: ... > >unattached inode 917614 > > > >/dev/hdb1 UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY: RUN fsck > MANUALLY > >(i.e., without -a or -p options) > > > >fsck failed. Please repair manually and reboot. > Please > >note that the root file system is currently mounted > >read-only. To remount it read-write: > > > ># mount -n -o remount,rw / > > > >--------------- > > > >What should I do ? I don't know anything about > inodes > >or the fsck program so I need any advice you can > give > > > >Thanks in advance, > > > >Joris Huizer > > > > > > Boot into single-user mode if necessary. Run > mount /-n -o remount,rw / > which will remount the root directory in read-write > mode. > > Then run > fsck /dev/hdb1 > > Most likely, everything will sort itself out. Then > just reboot with > "reboot -r now" and you should be back in business. > > Kent > > > >
Thank you Kent and Colin Watson (who just sent a reply too) I thought it'd probably be hard - but just saying yes to every question got everything working again. Can any of you tell what could have caused this prob ? regards, Joris Huizer PS: Sorry for the number of emails I really didn't want to fill the list like that, but it kind of looked like yahoo wasn't really responding well but in the end it send the message a couple of times. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
