This is an emergency!

#1

RedHat 9.0 - d3Linux 7.4.0
Customer had a power failure overnight, no proper shutdown
On boot system asks for root password for maintenance or ctrl-d to reboot
After entering the correct root password we get 'check file system#'
What is the correct command to fix the error?

Thanks to anyone who can help

#2

IIRC it is e2fsck with the path to the device for the hard drive that
has filesystem errors as the argument. So if it is complaining about
hda1 it would be something like:

e2fsck /dev/hda1

HTH

Tedd

#3

That did it thanks.

"Tedd" <tedd_scofield (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote

Quote:

IIRC it is e2fsck with the path to the device for the hard drive that
has filesystem errors as the argument. So if it is complaining about
hda1 it would be something like:

e2fsck /dev/hda1

HTH

Tedd

#4

"Tedd" wrote

Quote:

IIRC it is e2fsck with the path to the device for the hard drive that
has filesystem errors as the argument. So if it is complaining about
hda1 it would be something like:

e2fsck /dev/hda1

HTH

Tedd

The -y option flag to e2fsck is worth using, in case there were

dozens of open files when the system was cold-halted.

If the original poster had gone to www.google.com and searched on
'check file system' linux
they would have been directed to use fsck, which does exist on my
recent rhel workstation, as a link to e2fsck I suppose... e2fsck is
the traditional linux name for this tool, fsck was the sysv/sco name.

Perhaps I'm in the minority, but when I see a fresh group thread with
low information and high panic content in the subject line, I tend to
skip reading it.

#5

"Glen B" <no$pamwebmaster@no$pamforallspec.com> wrote

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Aw c'mon. Richard's semi-retired. Give 'em a break. I'd spend all day at
the beach too, instead of building Linux servers and posting on CDP, if I
could afford it. <G

PS, are you prepared for hurricane season `06 Richard? We're long due for
one here.

Glen - We're not having any hurricanes this year. They're all being sent to
you. Bend over baby!

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"Frank Winans" <fwinans (AT) sbcglobal (DOT) net> wrote in message
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If the original poster had gone to www.google.com and searched on
'check file system' linux
they would have been directed to use fsck, which does exist on my
recent rhel workstation, as a link to e2fsck I suppose... e2fsck is
the traditional linux name for this tool, fsck was the sysv/sco name.

Frank - I searched Yahoo and Google and couldn't find the correct response
to the boot failure prompt.

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Perhaps I'm in the minority, but when I see a fresh group thread with
low information and high panic content in the subject line, I tend to
skip reading it.

That is an eliitist point of view. And high panic content comes when the
customer has been down for over an hour on a mission critical server.

#6

"Ricky" wrote

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"Frank Winans" wrote

If the original poster had gone to www.google.com and searched on
'check file system' linux
they would have been directed to use fsck, which does exist on my
recent rhel workstation, as a link to e2fsck I suppose... e2fsck is
the traditional linux name for this tool, fsck was the sysv/sco name.

Frank - I searched Yahoo and Google and couldn't find the correct response
to the boot failure prompt.

Try again as I specified, the single quotes are needed since google only
seems to act upon the first three search clumps given.
By the way, check file system# is a long command prompt,
not a repeating error message. like C:\ is often a command prompt
at the dos command line, if you're in the root directory of the c: drive.

Quote:

When I see a fresh group thread with low
information and high panic content in the subject line, I tend to
skip reading it.

That is an elitist point of view. And high panic content comes when the
customer has been down for over an hour on a mission critical server.

Well, I'm trying real hard to attain elite status, in this one small area! But

seriously, you're the unpaying supplicant here, and we're the unpaid
amateurs deigning to dispense dubious data. We've been in your shoes,
and hope to have been better mannered, in practice for our next emergency.

Subject line of 'urgent!' just sounds so peremptory. We cannot scan past
disinteresting posts having no topic clues in the subject line, and I'm not
inclined to exert myself if a posters seem undilligent or pushy. I may come
back in a week or two and hope for nuggets of wisdom from those that did
respond, but that does zippo to help the first poster in a timely fashion.

And thanks for mentioning your linux version in your post. That makes this
discussion more useful to future google searchers.

#7

Congratulations Glen.

My first (apart from the 3 step-kids!) is due at the end of August, so I'm a
little ahead of you I'd guess

Regards
Simon

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"Glen B" <no$pamwebmaster@no$pamforallspec.com> wrote

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Aw c'mon. Richard's semi-retired. Give 'em a break. I'd spend all day at
the beach too, instead of building Linux servers and posting on CDP, if
I could afford it. <G

PS, are you prepared for hurricane season `06 Richard? We're long due
for one here.

Glen - We're not having any hurricanes this year. They're all being sent
to you. Bend over baby!

Send 'em all, just not back to back. I need a new house anyway. I just
found out that I'm gonna be a dad and our house is not "family sized" by
any measure.

Glen

#8

Glen B wrote:

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"Simon Verona" <nomail (AT) nomail (DOT) zzz> wrote in message
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Congratulations Glen.

Simon,

Thanks. It still hasn't sunk in completely, though. Hmm.. It's ironic that
I should mention such a thing in a thread with this title. Why couldn't you
have used a more specific title Richard?! <G

My first (apart from the 3 step-kids!) is due at the end of August, so I'm
a little ahead of you I'd guess

Congrats! I'm thinking mid March, so you'll be broken in by the time I
start pulling my hair out. <G

Regards
Simon

Glen

I have 6; one son and five daughters...

....and a full head of hair! I am living evidence that once it's pulled
out it grows back! I mean, come on...five daughters????!!!! As a matter
of fact, next month I spring for my third wedding of a daughter, fourth
wedding over all. Two more to go...then maybe I can afford to retire!

*grin*

#9

Glen B wrote:

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"mvdbman" <mvdbman (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote in message
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I have 6; one son and five daughters...

...and a full head of hair! I am living evidence that once it's pulled
out it grows back! I mean, come on...five daughters????!!!! As a matter
of fact, next month I spring for my third wedding of a daughter, fourth
wedding over all. Two more to go...then maybe I can afford to retire!

Bruce,

Don't make me start thinking about that stuff! I'm stressing enough
already...

I think we need to start a pool and bet on who _completely_ retires
first... <G

*grin*

Glen

Hehehe...gotta think about it sooner or later!

I've been in the "Pick" game since January 8, 1982 and I consider
myself one of the younger ones. But 24 and a half years at the same
game IS a while, no matter what anyone says!

As for retiring, well, once the kids are all married off I will have to
take a few more years to recoup the money spent on weddings before I
retire! 5 daughters can stress the linings of any wallet! So, you can
probably drop my name out of the pool!

The really cool part about nearing retirement is the grandkids...I have
two...and yes, they are both female! Anyone see a trend???

LOL

-Bruce H

#10

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Hehehe...gotta think about it sooner or later!

I've been in the "Pick" game since January 8, 1982 and I consider
myself one of the younger ones. But 24 and a half years at the same
game IS a while, no matter what anyone says!

I'm 32 and have been in it for 8 years, going on 9. Or is it 9 going
on 10. I started here in December, so I get confused on the year thing.
It's a wonder that I don't write bugs instead of code.

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As for retiring, well, once the kids are all married off I will have to
take a few more years to recoup the money spent on weddings before I
retire! 5 daughters can stress the linings of any wallet! So, you can
probably drop my name out of the pool!

Well... if you participate and win, then you can put it towards
retirement! Having said that, no one may win because it seems that _no
one_ retires. I'll probably be intergrating some new technology with MV
when I'm 80 and paying them to let me do it. That is, provided I live
that long and software engineers are still needed.

Quote:

The really cool part about nearing retirement is the grandkids...I have
two...and yes, they are both female! Anyone see a trend???

LOL

Hmm.. Sounds like corporate restructuring is happening and men are not
on the list of new hires. :P

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-Bruce H

Glen