[kubuntu] [SOLVED] fschk error 8 on start up

[lighthouseca]

Problem

when i restart and system does it's checks i get an error 8 and told to run fschk manually? then the only way to boot up is through a control D
any suggestions

appreciate

[plucky]

Originally Posted by lighthouseca Problem when i restart and system does it's checks i get an error 8 and told to run fschk manually? then the only way to boot up is through a control D any suggestions appreciate

Post output of

cat /etc/fstab ; sudo blkid

There is a possibility the UUID of one of your partitions is incorrect.

[gerry mcgowan]

I had similar problem on laptop and desktop today. When system fails to launch and you get error message type fschk. answer y to all prompts. Make sure to wait until system is finished as it takes a little time to complete some parts, and you are back at root command. Then control D to reboot. When system reboots it should be ok. It worked for me anyway....

[lighthouseca]

Originally Posted by plucky Post output of cat /etc/fstab ; sudo blkid There is a possibility the UUID of one of your partitions is incorrect.

here it is
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
#/dev/sdb2
UUID=e2ce6ddb-8453-4090-a93a-3525a55336e2 /media/sdb2 ext3 defa ults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
#/dev/sdb1
UUID=855eada0-9711-45c7-96b4-ecc7425b6776 /media/sdb1 ext3 defa ults,errors=remount-rw 0 1
# /dev/sdb5
UUID=2307c873-a9ea-4ccc-86a2-2aa9c04ab34e none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec 0 0
/dev/scd1 /media/cdrom1 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto,exec 0 0
[sudo] password for john:
/dev/sda1: LABEL="HP_RECOVERY" UUID="22D1-40E3" TYPE="vfat"
/dev/sda2: UUID="AA04D8FC04D8CD07" LABEL="HP_PAVILION" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sda3: UUID="a5581b8a-ff2a-4ca4-adcf-57402a4a061c" SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext3"
/dev/sda5: TYPE="swap" UUID="3fd37586-5c8d-44b5-acfc-215c851964e7"
/dev/sda6: UUID="4d760132-01f1-4e63-b653-ff538d252dde" SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext3"
/dev/sdb1: UUID="855eada0-9711-45c7-96b4-ecc7425b6776" SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext3"
/dev/sdb2: UUID="e2ce6ddb-8453-4090-a93a-3525a55336e2" SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext3"
/dev/sdb5: TYPE="swap" UUID="2307c873-a9ea-4ccc-86a2-2aa9c04ab34e"

[Ender305]

try just doing an fsck, if its the root filesystem, you may need a live cd to do a safe fsck(doing an fsck on a mounted partition isn't always safe)

[lighthouseca]

what parameters would i use

[geirha]

#/dev/sdb2
UUID=e2ce6ddb-8453-4090-a93a-3525a55336e2 /media/sdb2 ext3 defa ults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
#/dev/sdb1
UUID=855eada0-9711-45c7-96b4-ecc7425b6776 /media/sdb1 ext3 defa ults,errors=remount-rw 0 1

Is there really a space in the middle of the default keyword (marked in blue) ? There shouldn't be a space there, and I beleive it may be the cause of your error.

Also, only / and /boot should have 1 as the fs_passno (marked in red) field. All other ext2/ext3 filesystems should have 2. Read

man fstab

for more info.

[plucky]

/dev/sda3: UUID="a5581b8a-ff2a-4ca4-adcf-57402a4a061c" SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext3"
/dev/sda5: TYPE="swap" UUID="3fd37586-5c8d-44b5-acfc-215c851964e7"

What are these partitions?
Where is your / partition?
Why is it not in fstab?
Are you dual booting?

[lighthouseca]

no there is no space in default
should i replace o with 2 in fstab for sdb1 as per yur hilite?

[lighthouseca]

leftovers from my windows disk and initial experiments with linux
thanks