Re: [PLUG] A hardware issue [UPDATE 2]

2023-06-15 Thread Russell Senior
On Thu, Jun 15, 2023 at 4:01 PM Rich Shepard wrote: > On Thu, 15 Jun 2023, Michael Ewan wrote: > > > sudo umount /boot/efi > > sudo fsck /dev/sda1 > > sudo mount /boot/efi > > Logged in as root: > # umount /boot/efi > # fsck /dev/sda1 > fsck from util-linux 2.27.1 > fsc.fat 3.0.28 (2015-05-16) >

Re: [PLUG] A hardware issue [UPDATE 2]

2023-06-15 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 15 Jun 2023, Michael Ewan wrote: sudo umount /boot/efi sudo fsck /dev/sda1 sudo mount /boot/efi Logged in as root: # umount /boot/efi # fsck /dev/sda1 fsck from util-linux 2.27.1 fsc.fat 3.0.28 (2015-05-16) 0x41: Dirty bit is set. Fs was not properly unmounted and some data may be

Re: [PLUG] A hardware issue [UPDATE]

2023-06-15 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 15 Jun 2023, Russell Senior wrote: Does it still boot despite the warning? If so, after booting, you ought to be able to unmount /boot and do the fsck. Russell, Yes, it does. Later today I'll umount /boot, run fsck, and remount it. Thanks, Rich

Re: [PLUG] A hardware issue [UPDATE]

2023-06-15 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 15 Jun 2023, Paul Heinlein wrote: For a vfat filesystem, I cannot imagine that the version difference will have any adverse impact. Paul, Makes sense to me. Thanks again, Rich

Re: [PLUG] A hardware issue [UPDATE]

2023-06-15 Thread Russell Senior
Does it still boot despite the warning? If so, after booting, you ought to be able to unmount /boot and do the fsck. On Thu, Jun 15, 2023, 09:32 Rich Shepard wrote: > On Thu, 15 Jun 2023, Rich Shepard wrote: > > > The desktop is still turned on but needs rebooting and I need to learn > > what's

Re: [PLUG] A hardware issue [UPDATE]

2023-06-15 Thread Paul Heinlein
On Thu, 15 Jun 2023, Rich Shepard wrote: On Thu, 15 Jun 2023, Paul Heinlein wrote: I usually rely on a live CD (or a modern equivalent on a USB stick) to fsck the /boot partition. Paul, I have a Slackware64-15.0 installation on a USB drive. But the desktop's running -14.2. For a vfat

Re: [PLUG] A hardware issue [UPDATE]

2023-06-15 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 15 Jun 2023, Paul Heinlein wrote: I usually rely on a live CD (or a modern equivalent on a USB stick) to fsck the /boot partition. Paul, I have a Slackware64-15.0 installation on a USB drive. But the desktop's running -14.2. Thanks, Rich

Re: [PLUG] A hardware issue [UPDATE]

2023-06-15 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 15 Jun 2023, Michael Ewan wrote: Most times to repair a system partition, you will need to boot from a USB stick, then run fsck on the damaged partition. You can simply check the condition with 'sudo fsck /dev/sda1'. On my Linux Mint box I was able to umount, fsck, and mount the

Re: [PLUG] A hardware issue [UPDATE]

2023-06-15 Thread Michael Ewan
Most times to repair a system partition, you will need to boot from a USB stick, then run fsck on the damaged partition. You can simply check the condition with 'sudo fsck /dev/sda1'. On my Linux Mint box I was able to umount, fsck, and mount the /boot/efi. In your case it would be sudo umount

Re: [PLUG] A hardware issue [UPDATE]

2023-06-15 Thread Paul Heinlein
On Thu, 15 Jun 2023, Rich Shepard wrote: /var/log/syslog tells me: Jun 15 05:35:10 salmo kernel: [ 36.853148] FAT-fs (sda1): Volume was not properly unmounted. Some data may be corrupt. Please run fsck. /dev/sda1 is /boot/efi type vfat (rw) How do I fsck the /boot partition? I doubt

Re: [PLUG] A hardware issue [UPDATE]

2023-06-15 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 15 Jun 2023, Rich Shepard wrote: /dev/sda1 is /boot/efi type vfat (rw) This is a separate SSD and the /boot partition is the only content. Rich

Re: [PLUG] A hardware issue [UPDATE]

2023-06-15 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 15 Jun 2023, Rich Shepard wrote: The desktop is still turned on but needs rebooting and I need to learn what's wrong so I can fix it. UPDATE: /var/log/syslog tells me: Jun 15 05:35:10 salmo kernel: [ 36.853148] FAT-fs (sda1): Volume was not properly unmounted. Some data may be