SOLVED :-) Re: error on root filesystem DEBIAN WON'T BOOT
--- Kent West <westk@acu.edu> 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.
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