Hi all,

I have a linux system set up (arch linux) and I was trying to tar-gz a Maildir folder, when I suddenly got 'cannot stat', 'read only filesystem', and my shell was no longer responding to my keyboard ( i was logged in through SSH).

so I went to the machine and did a reset using the reset button, thinking it would come up just fine. but it didn't. GRUB is saying Loading Stage 2.. Read error, and that's where the system hangs now...

how do I get my system back alive? what is broken and how do i fix it?

thanks!
Bert

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