need your help please

ivtec · 11-03-2016, 10:30 AM

Hi guys i installed Ubuntu 16.04 and i get stuck on this ,see; attach. thanks

szboardstretcher · 11-03-2016, 10:34 AM

A few things. You have been here a while. You should know that:

a better title than "need your help please" will get you more help
Typing out the error will get you more help and make it easier to search
Adding far more detail to the post will get you more help

As it stands,. from your picture,. I deduce by reading the sentence "The root filesystem on /dev/sda1 requires a manual fsck" that you need to run an 'fsck' on the /dev/sda1 filesystem.

You can google 'fsck' + your operating system for instructions on how to do this.

Hope you have a backup.

ivtec · 11-03-2016, 02:20 PM

Thanks i was able to repair it once using the fsck, but this second time no avail,i already did 2 installs of ubuntu 64 bit that had failed,well this time i installed Xubuntu 16.04 32bit instead and so far so good.

Emerson · 11-03-2016, 05:10 PM

Checking the hard drive is in order, boot from live media and run long smartctl test.

ivtec · 11-03-2016, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Emerson

Checking the hard drive is in order, boot from live media and run long smartctl test.

Thanks Emerson; When i boot from Xubuntu CD, it gives me only 2 options; Try Xubuntu or Install Xubuntu.

Emerson · 11-03-2016, 06:25 PM

Try Ubuntu, open a terminal, run test, also while there you can umount the filesystem and run another fsck.

ivtec · 11-04-2016, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Emerson

Try Ubuntu, open a terminal, run test, also while there you can umount the filesystem and run another fsck.

Thanks Emerson; i found this; see link; hope this will help any other member,

http://www.linuxtechi.com/check-hard...-sector-linux/

i have run it on the terminal and bellow is the results; there are no bad blocks.

frank@frank-ET1331G:~$ sudo badblocks -v /dev/sda > /tmp/bad-blocks.txt
[sudo] password for frank:
Checking blocks 0 to 156249999
Checking for bad blocks (read-only test):
done
Pass completed, 0 bad blocks found. (0/0/0 errors)

szboardstretcher · 11-04-2016, 09:51 AM

The 'filesystem' and 'blocks' are two seperate things.

badblocks will show you any hardware blocks that are bad.
fsck will check the validity of the filesystem and its records.

rokytnji · 11-04-2016, 10:00 AM

For mentally challenged linux users like me.

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Also you can check the system disk in Gparted in LiveCD mode. To do this, unmount the desired partition, right click, Check.

http://gparted.org/download.php

Emerson · 11-04-2016, 10:13 AM

I had smartctl test in mind, post #4.

ivtec · 11-04-2016, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by rokytnji

For mentally challenged linux users like me.

http://gparted.org/download.php

Thanks i opened Gpart and clicked unmount and i got this;

http://postimg.org/image/uu7ni2m7r/5d8418f8/

Emerson · 11-04-2016, 01:26 PM

Use lazy umount if you are sure it is not in use.

rokytnji · 11-04-2016, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by ivtec

Thanks i opened Gpart and clicked unmount and i got this;

http://postimg.org/image/uu7ni2m7r/5d8418f8/

You cannot unmount a partition while running a installed Ubuntu session of Gparted. You need to be running a live cd session.

Hence the gparted iso download link page I posted.

ivtec · 11-04-2016, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by rokytnji

You cannot unmount a partition while running a installed Ubuntu session of Gparted. You need to be running a live cd session.

Hence the gparted iso download link page I posted.

THanks rokytnji; i sure did downloaded it and made an Gpart live cd an checked and everything is ok, as so the mem ram,
well Xubuntu 16.04 32bit has been running without issues so far so good, i keep it instead Ubuntu 16.04 64bit
this emachines ET 1331G AMD ATHlon x2 250U was one of my late finds on a dumpster, it came in with a Bad HDD,well it's an upgrade from an eMachines with a P4 processor that i retired to my scrap,