Kubuntu 8.04 won't boot (Solved)

[reidun]

Hi, I have an older laptop with Kubuntu 8.04 on it. It has been working beautifully for the last 5 or so months, however when I booted it yesterday it won't boot. I also have a Windows XP partition on the hard drive which boots just fine. The message I get when I boot the Kubuntu partition says:

/dev/sda2: Unattached inode 1932042


/dev/sda2: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY.
(i.e., without -a or -p options)
fsck died with exit status 4
Checking drive /dev/sda2: 94% (stage 4/5, 118/127)

[fail]
* An automatic file system check (fsck) of the root filesystem failed.
A manual fsck must be performed, then the system restarted.
The fsck should be performed in maintenance mode with the root filesystem mounted in read-only mode.
* The root filesystem is currently mounted in read-only mode.
A maintenance shell will now be started.
After performing system maintenance, press CONTROL-D
to terminate the maintenance shell and restart the system.
bash: no job control in this shell
bash: groups: command not found
bash: lesspipe: command not found
bash: Command: command not found
bash: The: command not found
bash: dircolors: command not found
bash: Command: command not found
bash: The: command not found
root@Jordanairepair:~# [Cursor blinking here]

Then if I press CTRL D it restarts to the same thing again.

Is there something I should do to perform the manual fsck and how do I do it?

Thanks,
Reidun

[Snowhog]

Re: Kubuntu 8.04 won't boot

You are already, in this situation, at the command line "as root" which you can tell by the root@Jordanairepair:~# you are at. From this prompt just type:

fsck

If this does not work, reboot into recovery (single user) mode, which will put you at the command line as root. Execute the same command.

Post back with the results.

[reidun]

Re: Kubuntu 8.04 won't boot

Snowhog,

Thanks for the prompt reply! That's so simple I should have tried it before even asking.

Here's what it said:

fsck 1.40.8 (13 Mar 2008)
e2fsck 1.40.8 (13 Mar 2008)
/dev/sda2 contains a file system with errors, check forced.
Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes
Pass 2: Checking directory structure
Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity
Pass 4: Checking reference counts
Unattached inode 1932042
Connect to /lost+found<y>?

Now what should I do?

Thanks,
Reidun

[Snowhog]

Re: Kubuntu 8.04 won't boot

Press the enter key (the default answer to the question is already set to y).

[reidun]

Re: Kubuntu 8.04 won't boot (Solved)

Thanks so much! Problem solved!

I hit enter like you said, and then it asked to fix a bunch of unattached inodes, and I said yes each time. Now it boots like normal, and I am so happy!

Reidun

[Snowhog]

Re: Kubuntu 8.04 won't boot (Solved)

Ah the power of a self repairing OS. Linux: It's not your fathers OS!