was new install 8.04 fail on boot

[Derek Broughton]

nepal google wrote:

> On Friday 21 Nov 2008, Eberhard Roloff wrote:
>> First of all, if you do not like manpages fsck --help is
>> your friend. The very first option that you get (-p) is
>> used for "automatic repair, no questions"
> 
> I did use fsck --help that is how I found the other options.
> 
> The automatic file checking when failed said IIUC not to use
> the -p option for the manual check, but regardless it is
> done now. 

I believe you're right - though it's a while since I've seen the 
message.   The problem is -p _doesn't_ fix all errors, and it should have 
been done already, so you still need to run "fsck" without -p (and -a 
isn't doing anything - it's a synonym for -p).

> The crunch was I am not prepared to sit at a
> machine typing enter enter enter for hours.

Your loss if the filesystem is seriously damaged.
-- 
derek