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: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** Affects: Ubuntu Importance: Untriaged Status: Unconfirmed -- fsck error makes ubuntu unusable https://launchpad.net/bugs/58430 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs