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fsck read-only file system on unmounted usb stick (SD Card Reader)

I have a Raspberry Pi that is getting a kernelPanic at boot due to what looks like a corrupted file system. I'm trying to run fsck to check for sure, but have run into issues. I've got the micro sd ...
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Is my SSD broken, or something wrong with my OS? Can so help me interprete the smartctl output?

I sometimes have the issue that ubuntu wont shut down correctly. Everytime this happens i need to run a manual fsck before i can boot again. The smartctl short tests are completing without any errors,...
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Very high iowait when using 4TB disk

I have an older PC that I use as a host for some VM and docker containers. So far the system was working fine until a few days ago. It started to be very slow and iowait in glances was consistently in ...
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Ubuntu read-only filesystem, then initramfs, how run fsck?

Apparently corruption got into my Ubuntu 20.04 samba server. At first it would still launch as a read-only filesystem. A number of forums and blogs recommended running fsck from a live disc. But that ...
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I can't turn Ubuntu on

When I turn my Dell Precision 3500 laptop on and try to get into Ubuntu, I can't do so. I have Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS and Microsoft Windows 10 on laptop. Many words appear on screen when I try booting to ...
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Ubuntu does not boot after Windows 10 was installed – Error reading block on Microsoft System Reserved Partition

I had Ubuntu and Fedora running in dual boot but I had to install Windows 10 to stop my laptop (Lenovo Ideapad 330-15ARR) from freezing constantly at random in both distros. This points to a video ...
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01010003 keyboard not detected while holding shift to access grub

Hello to whoever reading this! so my problem is that I can't do a filesystem check in ubuntu cuz I cannot access the grub menu! whenever I hold shift while booting up it gives this error "...
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How do I check if last shutdown was clean for Ubuntu 20.04? Each boot runs ckfs

I researched this and the answer is for 2011 system versions. Can you update the Kernel or Systemd print logs? Each boot runs ckfs. I did HDD tests to find out about it health.
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Stuck in initramfs at boot [duplicate]

Screen text reads: Error reading block 23108274 (input/output error). /dev/sda5: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; run fsck MANUALLY and: fsck excited with status code 4 done Failure: file system check of ...
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"apt-get: error while loading shared libraries: liblz4.so.1" in Ubuntu 16.04

Whenever I try to run commands like: sudo apt-get install sudo apt-get upgrade sudo apt-get update I get the following error message instantly: apt-get: error while loading shared libraries: liblz4....
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Filesystem damaged and can't be fixed

For a while now I've had this problem. When I start, most programs don't work because they can't access files apparently. As I reboot, the system seems to get stuck. So I run a hard restart (from the ...
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I cannot boot into my Linux distro

I adopted a Dell XPS 13, updated the Ubuntu 16.04 to 18.04, and gave it the MacBuntu environment for my girlfriend to use. Everything worked great! Then I got it in my head to run Steam, mainly to ...
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Ubuntu 20.004 lts, /dev/sda5 requires a manual fsk at each boot

i got an error after that my nephew disconnected my pc, when booting a message appears saying that the root filesystem /dev/sda5 requires a manual fsk I did a fsck -y /dev/sda5 and all back to normal ...
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dosfsck seems to be hanging

When I run sudo dosfsck -w -r -l -a -v -t /dev/disk2s2 It just seems to be hanging after the initial log message. It is doing a very low disk I/O (reads 50MB in an hour) and close to 0 CPU usage. ...
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Mdadm Raid fsck options

I am setting up a Raid6 Array with mdadm. While adding it to fstab i have noticed that all tutorials recommend using fsck 0 option. Can anyone explain why? Would option 2 not be a better choice (...
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Ubuntu 20.04 problems shown by fsck

I carried out sudo fsck.ext4 -fn /dev/sda5 and got the following result. rajiv@rajiv-Inspiron-7348:~$ sudo fsck.ext4 -fn /dev/sda5 [sudo] password for rajiv: e2fsck 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020) Warning! /...
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Ubuntu 20.04 upgrade getting stuck with fsck check

My problem is similar if not identical to Ubuntu 20.04, every boot makes a very long filesystem check having insufficient reputation to comment for joining the club. Dual boot Linux/Windows system on ...
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Ubuntu runs filesystem check on every boot

I recently used gparted on the Ubuntu live USB to move/extend my / and /home partitions. No errors arose but now every time I boot Ubuntu, I get a long filesystem check that I can't skip. I have used ...
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Kicked to initramfs after rebooting for no reason

I'm running Ubuntu 16.04 on an HP T620 Thin Client. Since a few days ago I've been struggling with this new issue. I started up my PC normally, everything looked just fine, but Psensor indicator ...
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fsck disk cannot run due to "Bad magic number in super-block"

fsck disk cannot run due to "Bad magic number in super-block" Disk is an external one (WD passport HDD), connected through usb port. It is mounted normally. I can write / delete / play / run ...
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The fsck shows error for the mounted root directory, but no error for the unmounted one when executing on a bootable USB stick. How should I fix?

I am stuck in the problem. The fsck commands on the desktop computer showed the error of the file system for the mounted root directory. So, I created the bootable USB stick of Ubuntu, and made it ...
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Ubuntu won't reboot after fsck fix

I got a fsck error same as this post fsck error on boot: /dev/sda6: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY and followed their suggestions. It seems like it ran fine but nothing happens when I ...
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The root filesystem on /dev/sda5 requires a manual fsck [duplicate]

It's showing this every time. (i.e., without -a or -p options) fsck exited with status code 4 The root filesystem on /dev/sda5 requires a manual fsck.
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Consistent read-only filesystem in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

I've been experiencing consistent issues where my system gets into a read-only state. I can do the fixes described in other questions (like Read-only filesystem error) and this fixes it for ~a day. ...
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Corrupted /dev/sda2

Often while i boot to my system,i am taken to Busybox initramfs screen. I have to do: fsck /dev/sda2 to bring it back to order(several fix options,like missing inode,come.I should have kept a note of ...
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Can't repair NTFS disk on Ubuntu 16.04

I tried to fsck a NTFS disk with gparted on my Ubuntu 16.04 and get the error message below which advices me to "Run chkdsk /f on Windows then reboot it TWICE!". Now I have no Windows ...
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unable to correct fsck errors

I get a fsck error about every other time boot up. I have booted to a USB and used GParted and checked the file system in question and it appeared to fix the problem but I still get the error. Would ...
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Ubuntu hangs on startup at /dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root. How do I fix it?

I have Ubuntu 20.04 (recently upgraded from 19.10) running on my ThinkPad T420 and since a couple of days I have the issue that Ubuntu stops startup at a screen that just shows /dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-...
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How to deal with errors=remount-ro?

Yesterday this message appeared on my screen while booting OS after powerfailure "due to low battery backup" You are in emergency mode, After logging in type "journalctl -xb" to view system logs, ...
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File system readonly in ubuntu 20.04

I upgraded to ubuntu desktop 20.04 about two weeks ago. Since then, my filesystem keeps on getting into a readonly state, sometimes while I'm in the middle of working with the system and I often see ...
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I get Busybox built-in shell (initramfs) on every boot - help!

I recently did a clean install of Ubuntu 20.04 on my Dell Inspiron 5559 (only a couple of years old and in good condition). It has been working well for few days, but the last couple of mornings I've ...
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My ubuntu 18.0.4 LTS always requires manual fsck(Duel boot with Windows)

Recently I removed my swap partition totally and combined it with root partition due to storage requirements.Soon after that my system shows the message UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY;RUN fsck MANUALLY.I ...
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Filesystem check not completing after reboot after 20.04 upgrade

Yesterday I got a pop up on my Ubuntu installation running 19.10 saying that 20.04 is available. I figure I'd give the upgrade a try, hoping it wouldn't take too long. The upgrade completed, and my ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 crashed all of sudden. Can anyone help me to figure out the problem and resolve this?

Error appears like this: Integrity: problem loading X.509 certificate-65 Ima: Error communicating to TPM chip /Dev/sdb1 contain a file system with error,check forced. Inodes that were part of ...
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Unable to fix dirty bit on EFI partition

I have just installed Ubuntu 20.04 on my computer in dual boot with Windows 10. After having installed it, each time I boot Ubuntu a file system check is performed. It seems that there is a problem ...
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Chromium giving a Bus error (core dumped) error after manual fsck

Before running manual fsck everything worked just fine on ubuntu 19.10. When launching chromium from the terminal it outputs `Bus error (core dumped) ` Executing these commands: rm ~/.cache/...
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During boot process message "failed command READ FPDMA QUEUED"

My computer booted to a black screen with this error message. Welcome to emergency mode! After logging in,type "journalctl -xb" to view system logs, "systemctl reboot" to reboot, "systemctl default" ...
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How to fix file-system error causing read only mode?

Whenever I download any package or anything and in between that process if anything went wrong, my ubuntu goes into read-only mode and always I have to do sudo fsck -fy to fix that and every time ...
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My files permissions change spontaneously to read-only, sometimes

This is very common, i have been doing my things when my files permissions changed to read-only. I reboot my pc immediately and this won't start, so i forced power off, then I typed fsck /dev/sda2. ...
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After shutdown, Ubuntu fails to start with fsck prompt

I forgot to plug in the charger and my system shut down. After that I tried to start Ubuntu, but the HP logo was showing up for too long so I forced shutdown by pressing power button. After that this ...
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Problem with running Ubuntu

I installed Ubuntu on a flash drive yesterday. The installer said that everything was fine and offered to reboot. Done. Then the problems started. I got three options for starting the system. The ...
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Bad magic number in super-block

I've launched some software on my computer, and it got stuck, so I hard shut down the computer. When I powered it back on, I was directed to initramfs, and got the error: fsck exited with status code ...
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Disable checking nonexistent partition

I use Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS and recently I replace my hard disk with another and change /etc/fstab file: # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <...
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fsck still going 24 hours later

I have a 1TB NVMe with Ubuntu (~300GB used). Using a live USB + GParted, I resized the root partition to 400GB. When I rebooted I got the error "File system check of the root filesystem failed. The ...
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fsck -fy doesn't fix filesystem errors

When I run fsck.ext4 -fy /dev/sda2 I get lot of errors like that: '..' in /Martin/Videa (58329818) is <The NULL inode> (0), should be /Martin (26476545). No other type of error appears, not ...
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Remount filesystem to rw after running fsck on root without reboot

I think there's some issue with my harddrive. I face the read-only mode issue frequently. I usually run fsck -y /dev/sda4 (my root is mounted on sda4) followed by reboot. The problem is it takes a ...
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Can't input text on Busybox v1.27.2 built in shell (ash)

I'm getting message /dev/sda1 : UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY : RUN fsck MANUALLY I've been searching and try to run command, but every time I inputting text it became diamond shape text Even I can ...
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fsck not running on ubuntu 18 lts

I want to fsck the 249G volume, because this hdd has got problem booting up. Hoping it can help fix the disk so that it can boot up again. It is my ubuntu boot hdd. It shows my sda hdd is not ...
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fsck Dirty Bit Reported

MY COMPUTER -Model: Msi GL72 7QF -Processor: Intel i7-7700HQ; 2.8GH -RAM: 16GB DDR4 -GPU: nVidia GTX960M, Optimus enabled -SSD: 500GB, GPT UEFI -OS: Windows10 Insider Preview; Mageia 7; Ubuntu 18.04....
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How to use clonezilla to clone disk with SELF TEST failed

In my ubuntu 16.04 system, my / partition had 11 bad sectors. I ran disk smart data and self check. It said Disk is OK, 11 bad sectors To fix the bad sectors I ran I ran es2fsck. I connected the ...
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