I did it. It worked just like you said it would. Thanks ! ----- Original Message ----- From: Bigelow . Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: 'Jon Dowd' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 8:05 AM Subject: RE: Will fsck fix this? and look at my "D: Drive" > reboot Linux > Let it crash > enter your password > then type the following without the quote marks > > "fsck /dev/hdc1" > (you have to tell fsck specifically which drive/partition to check) > > It will crunch alittle and ask you questions > I answer yes to everything > You may see as many as 50 questions > depending on what files are "off'' > > After completion you should be able to restart with no problems > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jon Dowd [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 10:48 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Will fsck fix this? and look at my "D: Drive" > > > > Hi, > > Last night I downloaded WordPerfect and installed it and configured it and > > had it working just fine. Everything in the world was just fine... > > > > Tonight upon the first re-start since... > > my system balked at: > > "/dev/hdc1 contains a file system with errors. Check Forced." > > "/dev/hdc1 Inode 121398 has illegal block(s)." > > "UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY run fsck manually" > > "give password for root for maint or type Control-D for normal restart". > > fsck said it was "paralleling versions (?) and returned me to a command > > prompt. > > > > In other words - I was unable to get fsck to fix the problem. Is there a > > switch or something I need to have fsck to fix what has happened? > > > > Since I couldn't figure out how to start linux, I booted into Win98. I > > discovered the hard drive where my "D:" partition and linux live had some > > funny characters and other weird stuff changed when I tried to look at my > > Drive D: in windows explorer. > > I put a .jpeg of what I saw at: > > http://id.mind.net/~dowd/Temp/drive-d.jpg > > > > uh... any ideas of what happened? > > > > Thanks, Jon Dowd > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in > > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs > > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
