Thanks Paul and everyone. More info and question below.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul M Foster [mailto:paulf@quillandmouse.com]
> Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 6:26 PM
> To: 'slug@nks.net'
> Subject: Re: [SLUG] /home1 contains file system w/errors -
> check forced
> - how do you approach this problem??
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 03:05:57PM -0400, Clay, John wrote:
>
> > I rebooted my Linux server today and was greeted by the
> following (edited)
> > messages:
> >
> > /boot1 OK
> > /home1 Contains file system with errors - check forced
> > - Inodes that were part of a corrupt orphan linked list found
> > - Unexpected inconsistency - Run fsck manually
> > /opt clean
> > /tmp1 clean
> > /usr1 clean
> > /var1 clean
> >
> > An error occurred during the file system check dripping you
> to a shell. The
> > system will reboot when you leave the shell.
> >
> > Can anyone give me a hint as to how to approach this problem?
> >
>
> While you're in the root shell you've been dropped into, unmount the
> /home1 partition, fsck it, and reboot. That is:
>
> umount /home1
> e2fsck -f /dev/whatever
> reboot
>
I'm using ext3. I'm guessing that e3fsck is the command I'm after?
Re: /dev/whatever What is the evidence I'm looking for?
> This assumes you're running an ext2 filesystem on that partition. The
> /dev/whatever you'll have to find out for yourself, if necessary by
> looking at /etc/fstab.
>
> You may find that the partition cannot be fixed by e2fsck. If
> so, let us
> know and we'll think of something else.
>
> HTH,
>
> Paul
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