In the system boot procedure, fsck has started to find problem on some Inodes, and after fixing them, the next boot find problem on another inode again ...

This is due to a bad shutdown of the system.


The last time i've started to have these troubles, i had got to re-install Linux.

I'm wondering if exist a good app tho fix definitively the inodes trouble...

Every help is very appreciated

THX B7

I recommend a juournalled filesystem: ReiserFS or Ext3. If you're using Ext2, it's easy to migrate to Ext3 without reinstalling:
tune2fs -j /dev/hdax
and edit entry in /etc/fstab. That's all.

run fsck repeatedly until it doesn't generate any errors then switch to ext3, no more long fsck's.

If you have the same problem every reboot, you may consider reinstallation and just after reinstallation migrate to Ext3. But before doing this, run fsck from installation cd/boot disk. It allows it to fix more...Maybe it can fix averything so you don;t need to reinstall.

Thanks all,

Mara,
i really hope that i don't have to reinstall, since i've updated my linux system in a heavy way.

But if for just 1 bad shutdown the risk is to re-install linux,
*** linux is very very far to compete with the ps M$ systems ***

are you agree ?

Thanks Again ,

B7

If you just run reiserfs or ext3 you shouldn't have this kind of problems, so no, I don't agree. And besides, it's a fact that most people have to re-install Windows every few months...

Don't use Ext3. It has some annoying problems, like files disappearing randomly. Also, it tends to complain at me about 50%+ inconsistancies in my partitions...

I use Mandrake 8.2 with the ReiserFS file system.

Mandrake has a nice handy utility called harddrake, that has a lot of partition handling capabilities. It's very nice. You should consider using Reiser if you have it as one of your available options. A jounalized file system makes a lot of difference.

Such things don't happen to many people. I had such a problem once, when my machine lost power when load average was something near 5. After fixing everything (bootcd+fdisk) I decided to reinstall everything using ReiserFS. It was a good decision. No problem since. I even tried rebooting the machine when it was using the hd. Everything's fine.

I think the upgrade to Ext3 will stop the errors from appearing. But first make sure there are no errors when you add journalling. It's essential.

Ext2 is just more complicated then FAT/FAT32. That's why more problems can appear. The orginal Ext2 design had no journalling, that was a problem. Now it's gone. Everyone should use journalled filesystems.

Hey Mara,
Just switched from ext2 to ext3 with your tip in this thread, worked fine, THANKS
Bruno

thanks all

ok, i've cleared ol the errors and switched to ext3, hope linux will be ok now.

I really hope to avoid fs errors now. I've just updated my Linux system to kde3.1, that's a very nice and useful gui that, IMHO really can compete win a WinXP for example.

thx again,

B7

Just thinking...does reiserFS support userquotas?

I've got the same problem. Upon rebooting, it finds errors that hault and require me to run fsck manually. The thing is, all my partitions are already ext3.

Any ideas ?

sethen, have you run fsck from a boot disk/installation cd to scan your partitions? If no, try it. It has better results when a partition you're scaning is not mounted.

how do i get to a prompt with the installation cd? it only gives me options to install....