file system errors mandrake 10.1

tewaru · 07-20-2005, 01:33 PM

I had a power cut and when I tried to restart It loaded up to here:
/dev/hd6 contains file system errors check forced. It gets to 45.1% then no further nothing else happens what should i do
thanks Tewaru

floppywhopper · 07-21-2005, 06:02 AM

Kia-ora dude

what happens when to try to start in failsafe ?

normally when something like that happens, it gets to this point and says press "Y" to check disks for errors
what happens if you dont press "Y"

floppy

tewaru · 07-21-2005, 12:14 PM

Tena koe
Should have explained that I tried failsafe. It gets to the same place in file checking and freezes at 45.1%
Thanks Tewaru

floppywhopper · 07-21-2005, 06:45 PM

This doesn't sound good

Ummmmm
try putting the Mandrake 10.1 disk in at boot up
and when the first option comes up
select other options
and go to rescue mode
( can't remember offhand how to do that exactly )
and see if you can fix it from there

floppy

tewaru · 07-21-2005, 07:40 PM

Done that nothing good happened. It checked the partitions etc it dosent seem to have anything relevant to the problem unless there is a command I could use.
Thanks Tewaru
ps I have a copy of knoppix 3.6 if thats any help

floppywhopper · 07-22-2005, 01:11 AM

Hmmm
first use knoppix CD to rescue any data you wish to save

second, because I'm out of options, wait a day or so to see if anyone else can help if not request a moderator to move this thread to the Mandriva forums where you might have better luck with people who specialise in Mandrake / Mandriva

floppy

Mara · 07-22-2005, 04:54 PM

Thread moved to Mandriva, as requested.

Boot your Madrake installation cd in rescue mode. You'll get a menu with a list of options. One of them should be (if I remember correctly) to check partitions. If there is such option, use it. If not, choose to start a terminal/console and from the command prompt you get run
fsck /dev/hda6
It should pass and then, after you reboot, your system should start correctly.

tewaru · 07-22-2005, 05:22 PM

Done what you suggested on partitions they check out ok
Tried fsck/dev/hdc6 and got: no such file or directory i got this on all partitions. I run windows on one hard disk and mandrake on another hard disk.
Thanks tewaru
Update
I went into rescue and used fsck.ext2 /dev/hdc6
It worked and Iam using mandrake once again thanks everyone for the help
Tewaru