Questions tagged [fsck]
tool for file system check
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Sudden Bad Sectors and no Ubuntu on HDD
I have tried to downgrade from 18.10 to 16.04 LTS with Bootable USB.
That USB was a bit of a problem as I had tried few times to rip Kali Linux and had troubles formatting it to make another ISO ...
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Ubuntu 18.04: 4.19.1 kernel: after closing the lid for the night (not logging out), root filesystem is corrupted [on hold]
I'm running Ubuntu 18.04, with linux kernel 4.19.1. My laptop is single boot ubuntu. When I close the lid for the night, without logging off, on reopening the lid the next morning, and trying to ...
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Ubuntu stuck at file system check(boot) after updateliaaa
Recently i update my ubuntu version from 16.04 to 18.04.After reboot the system stucked on boot screen(the one which tell you which system process etc is starting).And the last line it says:
fsckd-...
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Can't run fsck in recovery mode in 18.10
New problem in 18.10...
I just discovered that the way I've always used fsck at the root access in recovery mode no longer works. It used to be:
fsck -f /
But now it tells me that the disk is ...
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File system error on Ubuntu 16.04 [duplicate]
I get the following error when trying to open the "Music" folder on my Mp3 player when the device is connected:
"Failed to open directory "Music" -- Error when getting information for file '/media/...
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fsck e2fsck: Cannot continue, aborting [duplicate]
When I tried to run fsck on Ubuntu 18.04 recovery-mode I got the following message. Can anyone tell me why?
/lib/recocery-mode/recovery-menu: line 80: /etc/default/rcS: No such file or directory
fsck ...
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Ubuntu - USB drive fixing after interrupted formatting
I have a problem with already 2nd USB drives, most probably due to the reason of choosing slow formatting option. Because it takes a LOT of time, I probably forget about it and accidentally break the ...
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input/output error when launching any program
Every program I launch on Ubuntu 16.04 generates an input/output error:
$ top
bash: /usr/bin/top: Input/output error
$ pkill firefox
bash: /usr/bin/firefox: Input/output error
$ okular
bash: /usr/bin/...
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fsck is not running on 18.04, even with tun2fs mount count set to 1
fsck is not running on my root drive on Ubuntu 18.04.
I have tried fsck.mode=force in grub on the kernel command line to no success.
I have set the mount count to 1 with tune2fs -c 1 /dev/sda2 and ...
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How to fix the ubuntu file system /dev/sda error?
I encountered this error on my Ubuntu machine:
The root filesystem on /dev/sda1 requires a manual fsck
I launched the command
fsck -fy /dev/sda1
and the system has done operations on the ...
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Is my SSD dying? System freezes
My home media server (Ubuntu 18.04) has been freezing occassionally for the past few months. There is no kernel panic logged or anything else in the logs so I was at a loss as to the cause. Finally, ...
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Hard drive bad sector appear more and more often
I have more and more often issues with my computer. I can't read some files sometimes when I use it for different tasks (developing, surfing, etc..). So I get the initframs menu when I reboot my ...
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Problems with Ubuntu 18.04: Manual fsck and Read-only file system
I'm sorry if this has been asked before, but I have tried many things that I saw here and in other forums and none seem to work. I installed Ubuntu 18.04 three months ago, and it keeps giving me ...
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Fsck on a Window 10 hd
I answer lots of newbie questions on SO, I know how painful it can be; please excuse my ignorance with Ubuntu.
I have a boot issue with a Windows 10 laptop (I get the logo then black screen with no ...
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UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY - multiple times
I got the temporary fix from the solutions to this question:
fsck error on boot: /dev/sda6: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY
Real Problem: I get this error many times (got it again while ...
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Ubuntu Server 18.04: fstab entry for root partition has passno = 0
The fstab entry for the root partition on my SSD is:
UUID=fd3b80aa-901c-11e8-a5c4-e0d55e5a7608 / ext4 defaults 0 0
This was generated automatically during the Ubuntu Server installation. Note that ...
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16.04 failed fsck
Could not Boot to ubuntu 16.04. Got an error (I don't remember the text) came up with "status code 4" and it showed that the file sys on /dev/sda9 (boot partition) must run manual fsck.
It showed an ...
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How to tell why drive is remounting read-only
I have a Lenovo laptop with an SSD and Ubuntu 18.04. The root partition keeps remounting read-only, according to the console messages. Except it won't read when it happens, either, just giving I/O ...
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Ubuntu newer kernels causing inconsistency (fsck) in hard disk
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, with kernels 4.13.0-41-generic and 4.13.0-43-generic, if I left my desktop on for over 12 hours or so, it would cause a problem in the consistency of the hard disk, reported over in ...
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Ubuntu 16.04: Can only boot in recovery mode
What happened:
1. Ubuntu 16.04 works fine
2. Emergency in our building => computer was forced to shut down immediately
3. Since then: Ubuntu doesn't boot properly
3.1 Screen stays gray not black ...
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How can I run fsck on ntfs partitions on my hard drive? [duplicate]
A few years ago I switched from Windows to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS for my desktop PC. I installed the Ubuntu operating system (root+home+swap) in the space previously assigned to the C partition, while the ...
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Automatic recovery of ext4 filesystem
Last days I was facing problems with power outages/glitches that caused some failures on ext4 filesystem, the fs was then remounted as read-only.
Unfortunately, this caused crash of few important ...
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insufficient permissions for device: when Ubuntu Desktop kept on overnight
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.13.0-39-generic/4.13.0-40-generic/4.13.0-41-generic
If I keep my laptop with Ubuntu (dual boot) on for a long time (like overnight), it suddenly starts giving "insufficient ...
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filesystem with invalid superblock checksum error on ubuntu 18.04 boot
I recently installed Ubuntu 18.04LTS with windows 10 and after I boot into Windows, Ubuntu boot failed with fsck.ext4: Superblock checksum does not match superblock while trying to open /dev/sda8 and ...
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Understanding USB message logs to troubleshoot USB automounting
I am trying to troubleshoot an issue where on one server my USB automounts whereas on another server it isn't. Comparing the logs for both instances, I am trying to understand what each line means.
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Problem booting with Ubuntu 16.04 and filesystem checking
I am having problems to start Ubuntu 16.04 (laptop ASUS R753U, dual boot Windows 10).
When I select Ubuntu in the grub, it goes for filesystem checking starting at 18.5% and when it reached 22% pic 1, ...
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cannot remount /dev/sda2 read-write, is write-protected [duplicate]
I'm using ubuntu 16.04LTS on intel Core i3-6006U, 2.0GHz Asus pc.When I boot the pc I realized that there are some hard drive problems and it's not able to boot on ubuntu.
I tried the answer mentioned ...
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How to fix file system definitely
The file system in which my Ubuntu 16.04 is allocated keeps corrupting and the initramfs shell appears. When this happens, I check the filesystem (sda6) and reboot to use Ubuntu normally, but when I ...
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Input/Output error on usb drive
I have been trying to recover my usb flash drive and have been looking into this question
How to repair a corrupted FAT32 file system
I can not write data or anything into my drive it just gives ...
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Cannot fix fsck errors after system crashing
I have a dual partition with Windows 8.1 and Ubuntu 16.04. While updating and restarting Windows I forced to turn off my laptop by pressing the power button. After that Ubuntu presents a lot of ...
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No init found, try passing init=bootarg
Every time i boot my pc goes to black and white screen and shows me-
No init found. Try passing init= bootarg
Busybox v1.22.1 (Ubuntu 1:1.22.0-15ubuntu1) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' ...
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How to analyze and defragment drive in ubuntu 16.04
I want to check whether my root drive requires a defragmentation. If requried I am planning to do this sudo e4defrag -c /dev/<my partition> I followed this method to analyze my disk.
sudo touch ...
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chronic issue with boot into read-only
I have a bit of a problem with my non-dual 16.04 Ubuntu computer. I recently booted and tried to do some of my usual computer things which didn't really work. I figured out that I was mounted in read-...
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Chromium giving me “bus error (core dumped)” after recovering from corrupted filesystem using fsck
So all was well a little while ago. I've been running into a series of problems and every solution leads to another problem. This is the series of events that led to the current state of my computer
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fsck error on boot: /dev/sda4: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY
I dual boot Windows 10 and Ubuntu 16.04 and have an ssd drive. Sometime ago, when the PC was turned off without notice (electricity went off, por example), I got this error:
fsck from util-linux ...
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How to manually do the forced check [duplicate]
When I start running Ubuntu I get this message .
How can I solve it?
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Unable to open Ubuntu BusyBox v1.22.1
I have a dual boot and when I open Ubuntu it opens to BusyBox at this black screen.
I have tried to get through but have been unsuccessful. I am trying to fix it without losing my files.
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Automatically force fsck -fy when encountering “UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY.”
I have FSCKFIX=yes in /etc/default/rcS, however, when I drove down to the site and connected a monitor to this server today, I saw this:
I ran fsck.ext4 -fy /dev/sda1 and rebooted and now the server ...
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Running fsck manually
In a recent reboot of Ubuntu, which failed, I get the message to run fsck manually. How do I do so. I may have a bad HD sector, and it may be easier to reinstall Ubuntu. I'm a newbie, so bear with me.
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is there an fsck for udf?
I accidentally unplugged a udf usb drive without unmounting it, and want to repair it so it doesn't crash macOS when mounting. Block size is 8K btw.
From this, it looks like I might have to try my ...
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HP laptop file system check found a Toshiba device
I am using Ubuntu 16.04 on a Hp laptop and when I ran a file system check (fsck) it found a Toshiba device.
Answers on what this means would be highly appreciative.
Here is a screenshot: http://jmp....
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Razer Blade Stealth disk corruption (fsck needed, probably samsung SSD bug) after updates
I have a Razer Blade Stealth 2016. The first Ubuntu I installed was Ubuntu 17.04, which gave e this error after 2 weeks of usage. After that, I installed 16.04 and used it for months without any ...
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Multiple times of Busybox [duplicate]
I was running Linux Mint on my laptop earlier. After having problem with initramfs and busybox appeared, I switched to Ubuntu 17.04. The problem is still occurred. My fsck check with -tycf option did ...
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Contradictory mount errors
Can anyone explain how I can unmount a disk in order to perform an fsck? I get contradictory errors:
fred@ARAGORN:/media/fred$ sudo fsck /dev/sdd1
fsck from util-linux 2.20.1
e2fsck 1.42.9 (4-Feb-...
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fsck force not doing its job?
I want to check my filesystem. It has to be unmounted, so I found that I should
$ sudo touch /forcefsck
$ reboot
I did that on Sat Dec 30 10:02 2017 (approx.)
After rebooting, this is what I get (...
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the root filesystem requires a manual fsck
When I try to boot my laptop, I get this message:
/dev/sda1 contains a file system with errors, check forced.
Inodes that were part of a corrupted orphan linked list found.
/dev/sda1: UNEXPECTED ...
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Cannot control how often fsck is running on /boot/efi
Every boot fsck is checking the partition /efi/boot. I can control how often it runs on other partitions using tune2fs but it won't work with this partition.
/var/log/syslog reports
Nov 28 19:59:55 ...
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Getting dev/sda1: clean … after update-rc.d
I was trying to make a program start at startup. Ubuntu 16.04.
I did following:
Opened Terminal
cd /etc/init.d
sudo gedit
added:
#!/bin/bash
# /etc/init.d/cmdtrm
echo password | sudo -S /usr/...
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RAID not cleanly unmounted after reboot or halt
On my Ubuntu 16.04 (Linux ebox 4.4.0-98-generic) very often after a reboot or halt I need to do a fsck on my Raid volume /dev/md0 because my volume was not cleanly unmounted.
Here is /etc/rc0.d :
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Very new to Ubuntu and need some assistance [duplicate]
My friend recently gave me his old laptop and it had Ubuntu on it. But whenever I go to start it up, this pops up:
Screen after restarting:
