Root file system requires manual fsck [duplicate]
Whenever I switch on Ubuntu I always see the following message.
(Initramfs): /dev/sda1 contains a file system with errors, check forced.
Inodes that were a part of a corrupted orphan linked lost found.
/dev/sda1 : UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck manually.(I.e .,
without -a or -p options). fsck exited with status code 4. The root
filesystem on /dev/sda1 requires a manual fsck
Solution 1:
From there, you should be able to drop to some maintenance shell (if not already opened), where you may run fsck -yf /dev/sda1
.
If there are any errors rerun fsck -yf /dev/sda1
To login as usual simply run exit
and proceed normally.
Solution 2:
Lets first check your file system for errors.
For 17.10 or older...
- boot to the GRUB menu
- choose Advanced Options
- choose Recovery mode
- choose Root access
- at the
#
prompt, typesudo fsck -f /
- repeat the
fsck
command if there were errors - type
reboot
For 18.04 or newer... (or if the above steps don't work for you)...
- boot to a Ubuntu Live DVD/USB in “Try Ubuntu” mode
- open a
terminal
window by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T - type
sudo fdisk -l
- identify the /dev/sdXX device name for your "Linux Filesystem"
- type
sudo fsck -f /dev/sdXX
, replacingsdXX
with the number you found earlier - repeat the
fsck
command if there were errors - type
reboot