fsck and filesystem errors

[Paul Higgins]

Should this also work for YDL 4.0.1?  That's what I'm currently running on my 
iBook.  I would've updated but I'm a little nervous about the whole KMail 
problem when migrating to 4.1 (detailed on the YDL site).  I notice that the 
link mentions YDL 3.0, but it's on the YDL "general" support page, so 
hopefully this works OK for all versions.

I assume you can't do a manual fsck right at boot time, you need to use a boot 
CD?  I think in Mac OS X you can boot into a console from the login window or 
something (">console" as login, I think).

I guess I got a little too overconfident in journaling filesystems--thought 
with ext3 filesystem that I'd never see a disk problem.  Wishful thinking, I 
guess.

Thanks for your help!

-PRH

On Saturday 16 September 2006 01:54, Derick Centeno wrote:
> Hi Paul:
>
> You've got my compassion.  Stuff like this always happens when nearly
> almost no one else is around... ah the wonder of it all!
>
> To your point:
> Here's a link which should be helpful for YDL 4.1 although the
> instructions address an earlier version of YDL.  The only addition I
> would suggest is that once you are in rescue mode run fsck (file system
> check) from there.  Here's the link:
>
> http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/support/solutions/ydl_general/rescue-mode
>.shtml
>
> Regarding getting more information regarding this tool (fsck) or others
> I've found this link below most helpful:
>
> http://www.tldp.org/
>
> Good Luck in resolving your problem!
>
> Derick
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Paul Higgins wrote:
> > Just wondering if anyone can point me in the right direction on this; is
> > there anything on the YDL site or elsewhere about doing a manual
> > check/repair of the filesystem at boot time?  I had a problem show up
> > yesterday during a boot after a power failure.  I was able to do an
> > integrity check of the filesystem, but I couldn't figure out what I was
> > being asked to do after that.  It looked like I was booted into some kind
> > of single-user mode (it asked for the root password), but I couldn't
> > really tell if it was doing anything with the disk (the drive on my iBook
> > is really quiet).  There was just the usual root prompt with blinking
> > underlined cursor ("#_").  After it just sat there for a while, I exited
> > and went back to the regular boot process.  However, I know that
> > something still needs to be repaired.
> >
> > I must be missing something here, but unfortunately my YDL manual doesn't
> > cover this at all.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > -PRH
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