Public bug reported:
When there is an ext3 filesystem error and fsck fails to correct it, the
system becomes unusable. It asks the user to perform fsck manually in a
very cryptic way. The average user can in no way understand what has
happened to their system. In most cases a simple fsck /dev/hdaX
(whatever partition required the check) will end up solving the problem.
This should be done automatically.
Here is the output of what happened to a friend of mine who rebooted and
had to use windows because they couldn't start ubuntu:
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The following appears when i try to boot ubuntu:
dev/hda2 contains a file system with errors-check forced
unexpected inconsistency RUN fsck manually without -a or -p options
an automatic file system check of the root file system failed
a manual fsck must be performed then system rebooted
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** Affects: Ubuntu
Importance: Untriaged
Status: Unconfirmed
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fsck error makes ubuntu unusable
https://launchpad.net/bugs/58430
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