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List:       linux-ppc
Subject:    Re: Must do fsck manually?
From:       "Jules Bean" <jmlb2 () hermes ! cam ! ac ! uk>
Date:       1998-11-30 15:36:26
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--On Sun, Nov 29, 1998 9:23 am -0800 "Brendan Shanks"
<bkshank@cyberdude.com> wrote: 

> 
> I crashed KDE while installing some packages and dialing PPP at the same
> time. When I rebooted, my kernel (2.1.1.25) said something about
> consistency in my root partition (hda6) and said I have to do an fsck
> manually? How would I do this???

Type in your root password if it has asked for it.

Then do a fsck -A, and type y at every question.  Or possibly fsck -A -y,
which avoids the questions.

If it can't find fsck, the path should be /sbin/fsck.

When it has finished, type exit, and your system will start up normally.

Jules


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