On 27.07.2021 02:02, Luigino Bracci wrote: > Hi, > > In my country, there are many people (mostly children) using computers with > a Debian-based distribution that uses GRUB for booting. Unfortunately, > power failures are very common and the computers shut down inappropriately, > and when the users turn the computer on again, frequently they get the > well-known message: "Unexpected inconsistency: run fsck manually". >
This message has nothing to do with grub. > However, most people in my country are Spanish-speakers, they doesn't > understand the error messages and they think that the computer screwed up, > and many times they do not have the Internet connection necessary to google > the error message and find a solution. There are even some inconsiderate > technicians who charge large amounts of money to fix the problem for people > who are unfamiliar with it. > > Yes, I know that the solution is to run the "fsck" command with the > appropriate parameters, but: Don't you think that GRUB should evolve and > show a more friendly error message, understandable for non-experts, in the > language installed in the distribution (not English only), giving the > ability to run fsck with a single keystroke instead of displaying that > obnoxious "(initramfs)" prompt? > > Thank you, and sorry if this is not the appropiated mailing list for this > topic. > It is not.
