Ubuntu Load Up: Fails

[Karl F. Larsen]

Chadd Monahan wrote:
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>
> Hi. I have Ubuntu installed on a Dell Laptop that had Windows XP Home
> Edition and Professional on it. I decided to give this old laptop to my
> younger brother with Ubuntu on it for his birthday. We used the whole
> hard drive for Ubuntu, removing Windows. After a week or two, the laptop
> could not boot right. He turned it on, waited the normal time, saw the
> Ubuntu boot screen, and after that, it had some error and fdschk could
> not load automatically. (It was in white text with a black background)
> It said the administrator had to perform it. I am no administrator, and
> I need help fixing it shortly. If you need more information, I am here
> most of the day. I just need it fixed shortly. Thanks!
>
>  Here is what it says: 
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>  
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>  Runs FDSCK
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> c/dev/sda1: Unexpected Inconsistency: Run FDSCK manually. 
>
> fdschk dies with exit status 4
>
>  An automatic fdschk of the root file system failed.
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>  The root file system currently mounted in read-only mode. A
> maintenance shell will now be started. After performing maintenance,
> press CTRL-D to terminate the maintenance shell and restart the system.
> bash: no job in this shell. 
>
>  root at user-laptop:~#
>
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>   
    Hard to tell at a distance but it appears the old laptop has an old 
hard drive that is going bad. As a rule, if things worked just fine, and 
then it goes bad all a sudden it is hardware.

Karl


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