when that happened to me i needed to type in the root password, and then
type e2fsck /dev/hda1
Jason
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> Hit the reboot button did we?
>
> Enter your root password and type man fsck at the root prompt .
It'll give you the manual for the fsck command. I believe you'll need to
run fsck -r to repair the disk segments at which point you'll be able to
exit the root login (type "logout") and the computer should shutdown and
reboot.