Hello
Did you the give the root passwd and try fsck manually?
>> fsck /
On Sat, 27 Jul 2002, Chris wrote:
> I am new to Linux, previous to this I have always used Mircosoft Windows OS.
>
> I have installed RedHat Linux ver. 7.3 with the kernal ver. 52.4.18-5 on an older
>computer I have. Its a 233MMX with 65mb of ram.
> The install went well, and I had no errors reported. The first I reboot the system
>I recieve an error.
>
> / contains a file system with errors, check forced.
> Error reading block 1739350 (Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short
>read).
>
> /: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY.
> (ie., without -a or -p options)
>
> [FAILED]
>
> *** An error occurred during the file system check.
> *** Dropping you to a shell; the system will reboot
> *** when you leave the shell
> Give root password for maintenance
> (or type Control-D for normal startup): _
>
> I have reinstalled Linux three times on this system becuase I get the exact same
>error when I reboot for the first time. I am using the correct shutdown procedure.
>
> I have no knowledge of how the Linux OS and kernal work, so I am at a total loss.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks
> Chris
>
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Randy Weidman
Linux Systems Administrator
University of Missouri
Dept. Of Chemical Engineering
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