<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Sometimes it says fschk failed, and sometimes it says something else. I tried to run fschk by my-self, and it fails. Here is what it does: Runs FDSCK c/dev/sda1: Unexpected Inconsistency: Run FDSCK manually. fdschk dies with exit status 4 An automatic fdschk of the root file system failed. 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@user-laptop:~# Steve Flynn wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:45391f280812221241w66f2e24dt55a4f08eeb8d07b3@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 9:13 PM, Chadd Monahan <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:Chadd@chefsusa.com"><Chadd@chefsusa.com></a> wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">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! </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> We'll need the precise error to assist you. I assume the issue you had was that fsck (file system check) found errors on the hard drive... Please post those errors. </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>