Re: Help! My debian sid cannot boot, "A manual fsck must be performed"

2009-03-10 Thread Star Liu
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 11:07 AM, Bob Cox wrote: > On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 08:25:35 +0800, Star Liu (minxinjian...@gmail.com) > wrote: > >> On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 8:16 AM, Star Liu wrote: >> > On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 9:47 PM, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > >> >> At grub's menu, edit the kernel comm

Re: Help! My debian sid cannot boot, "A manual fsck must be performed"

2009-03-10 Thread Bob Cox
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 08:25:35 +0800, Star Liu (minxinjian...@gmail.com) wrote: > On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 8:16 AM, Star Liu wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 9:47 PM, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > >> At grub's menu, edit the kernel command line so that you add: > >> > >>        init=/bin/sh

Re: Help! My debian sid cannot boot, "A manual fsck must be performed"

2009-03-10 Thread Star Liu
gt; > fsck died with exit status 4 >>> > failed (code 4) >>> > An automatic file system check(fsck) of the root filesystem failed. A >>> > manual fsck must be performed. The

Re: Help! My debian sid cannot boot, "A manual fsck must be performed"

2009-03-10 Thread Star Liu
t; An automatic file system check(fsck) of the root filesystem failed. A >> > manual fsck must be performed. The fsck should be performed in >> > maintance mode with the root filesystem mounted in read-only mode. >> > failed! >> >

Re: Help! My debian sid cannot boot, "A manual fsck must be performed"

2009-03-10 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
r message: > > --- > > /dev/sda4: unexpected inconsistency; run fsck manually.(i.e., without > > -a or -p options) > > fsck died with exit status 4 > > failed (code 4) > > An automatic file system check(fsck) of the root filesystem failed. A > > manual fsck

Re: Help! My debian sid cannot boot, "A manual fsck must be performed"

2009-03-09 Thread Steven Demetrius
ally.(i.e., without > -a or -p options) > fsck died with exit status 4 > failed (code 4) > An automatic file system check(fsck) of the root filesystem failed. A > manual fsck must be performed. The fsck should be performed in > maintance mode with the root filesystem mounted

Re: Help! My debian sid cannot boot, "A manual fsck must be performed"

2009-03-09 Thread Dave Patterson
* Frank Lanitz [2009-03-09 14:58:57 +0100]: > But it's cool to see all the stuff comes in and help testing the packages. We do. When I have time to play, I love to see what can be done with my favorite stuff. My road lappy is running Lenny - and is quite happy with it. I'll keep it there,

Re: Help! My debian sid cannot boot, "A manual fsck must be performed"

2009-03-09 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
Dave Patterson escreveu: > * Star Liu [2009-03-09 21:20:59 +0800]: > >> i have fixed it, just exe "fsck /dev/sda4" and press enters :) >> > > Sid's a mess right now... > Heh. > I'd tend to agree, but I don't think this specific case is a problem with sid. It's just the drive that nee

Re: Help! My debian sid cannot boot, "A manual fsck must be performed"

2009-03-09 Thread Frank Lanitz
On Mon, 9 Mar 2009 20:55:18 +0700 Dave Patterson wrote: > * Frank Lanitz [2009-03-09 14:50:57 +0100]: > > > > Sid's a mess right now... > > > > And nothing for untrained Debian users IMHO. > > Yup, happens every time a new release goes out. We try lotsa new stuff, > and it's not quite coord

Re: Help! My debian sid cannot boot, "A manual fsck must be performed"

2009-03-09 Thread Dave Patterson
* Frank Lanitz [2009-03-09 14:50:57 +0100]: > > Sid's a mess right now... > > And nothing for untrained Debian users IMHO. Yup, happens every time a new release goes out. We try lotsa new stuff, and it's not quite coordinated. reportbug gets lots of exercise, and upstream gets spanked. --

Re: Help! My debian sid cannot boot, "A manual fsck must be performed"

2009-03-09 Thread Frank Lanitz
On Mon, 9 Mar 2009 20:42:52 +0700 Dave Patterson wrote: > * Star Liu [2009-03-09 21:20:59 +0800]: > > > > i have fixed it, just exe "fsck /dev/sda4" and press enters :) > > Sid's a mess right now... And nothing for untrained Debian users IMHO. Cheers, Frank -- Frank Lanitz pgpwqV3ihIY

Re: Help! My debian sid cannot boot, "A manual fsck must be performed"

2009-03-09 Thread Dave Patterson
* Star Liu [2009-03-09 21:20:59 +0800]: > i have fixed it, just exe "fsck /dev/sda4" and press enters :) Sid's a mess right now... Heh. -- Dave signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Help! My debian sid cannot boot, "A manual fsck must be performed"

2009-03-09 Thread Star Liu
ally.(i.e., without > -a or -p options) > fsck died with exit status 4 > failed (code 4) > An automatic file system check(fsck) of the root filesystem failed. A > manual fsck must be performed. The fsck should be performed in > maintance mode with the root filesystem mounted

Help! My debian sid cannot boot, "A manual fsck must be performed"

2009-03-09 Thread Star Liu
(code 4) An automatic file system check(fsck) of the root filesystem failed. A manual fsck must be performed. The fsck should be performed in maintance mode with the root filesystem mounted in read-only mode. failed

Re: How to minimize need for manual fsck after unclean unmount

1999-08-23 Thread Joey Hess
William T Wilson wrote: > > there some kernel parameter I can tweak so that I'll never have to > > intervene even if the FS is not unmounted cleanly? > > Check to make sure that e2fsck is being used with the -a or -p options in > the startup scripts. That will convert the check at boot from manua

Re: How to minimize need for manual fsck after unclean unmount

1999-08-18 Thread Martin Bialasinski
* "Eberhard" == Eberhard Burr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Eberhard> 2) similarly, get a mainboard with functioning power-off and Eberhard> remove the main switch. The pooter can only be switched off Eberhard> with software assistance then and you should be ok. To Eberhard> switch on the computer,

Re: How to minimize need for manual fsck after unclean unmount

1999-08-13 Thread Eberhard Burr
Joseph Chung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > kernel parameter I can tweak so that I'll never have to intervene even if > the FS is not unmounted cleanly? Three possible solutions (one and a half, that is.): 1) get a UPS and remove the main switch from the pooter. When your parents switch off t

Re: How to minimize need for manual fsck after unclean unmount

1999-08-13 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
need to call me at all to >fix mysterious crashes and OS flakiness, something I would expect regularly >if they were using Win9x. All the pieces are in place, expect for those >infrequent instances when my Dad forgets to shutdown before turning the PC >off, and a manual fsck becomes necessa

How to minimize need for manual fsck after unclean unmount

1999-08-13 Thread Joseph Chung
ly if they were using Win9x. All the pieces are in place, expect for those infrequent instances when my Dad forgets to shutdown before turning the PC off, and a manual fsck becomes necessary upon the next bootup. Is there some kernel parameter I can tweak so that I'll never have to intervene e

Re: How to minimize need for manual fsck after unclean unmount

1999-08-10 Thread William T Wilson
On Mon, 9 Aug 1999, Joseph Chung wrote: > if they were using Win9x. All the pieces are in place, expect for > those infrequent instances when my Dad forgets to shutdown before Tell them not to turn the PC off. Best thing to do is configure it to automatically turn off the screen and any surplus

How to minimize need for manual fsck after unclean unmount

1999-08-10 Thread Joseph Chung
ly if they were using Win9x. All the pieces are in place, expect for those infrequent instances when my Dad forgets to shutdown before turning the PC off, and a manual fsck becomes necessary upon the next bootup. Is there some kernel parameter I can tweak so that I'll never have to intervene e

manual fsck

1999-01-26 Thread David B. Teague
I said yes, (to several such questions) and when the system came back up, Pine was seg-faulting. There was no inbound telnet, ftp, finger, nor mail. There was outbound telnet, ftp, finger, and mail. I have never before had anything like that happen, even with a manual fsck. Nothing was put in the lo