On 10/1/2007 11:54 PM, Ralph Shumaker wrote:
My friend's PC insisted on root password for maintenance when booting up
(or press a key to continue). Fortunately, my friend sometimes pays
attention to warnings.
I supplied root password.
mount worked.
df did not.
man fsck did not work.
fsck did not give me a list of options. It just took off running.
These days, before entering the root password I'd hit the reset button
and boot to a live CD. Then you've got all the tools at your disposal --
memtest, badblocks, fsck, etc.
Karl
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