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numberoneconti 06-15-2008 05:57 PM

computer won't start
 
Hi, I'm new to Linux, my friend put it on my dell and i've been loving it, but my computer won't start. I have the newest version of Fedora, I think.
I left it on overnight, and I guess the battery ran out, and when I plugged it in in the morning, it wasn't working properly. It took about ten minutes to go through the startup screens, but then it ends with this:

/: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY.
(i.e., without -a or -p options)

*** An error occurred during the file system check.
*** Dropping you to a shell; the system will reboot
*** when you leave the shell
*** Warning -- SELinuc is active
*** Disabling security enforcement for system recovery.
*** Run 'sentenceforce 1' to reenable.
Give root password for maintenance
(or type Control-D to continue):

My friend suggested fsck /dev/hda1 but nothing happened. Any suggestions would be excellent. Thanks.

Tinkster 06-15-2008 06:45 PM

Hi, and welcome to LQ!

You did login as root, and got to a prompt, right?


Cheers,
Tink

numberoneconti 06-15-2008 07:10 PM

Yes, but i don't know what to put in.

Tinkster 06-15-2008 07:34 PM

Can you post what your prompt looks like? And the messages before it?
Kind of like a screen-shot ...


Cheers,
Tink

numberoneconti 06-16-2008 06:45 PM

how do you do that? in have pics, but how do i put them up? do i have to find some kind of hosting site, like flickr?

Tinkster 06-17-2008 04:24 AM

I thought that maybe, if it's not way too much information, it
would be easiest to try and type it in a code-block....



Cheers
Tink


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