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<div><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">I know the root password, but have no idea what utility to run. The system is where it failed, except that the rdrives that couldn't be accessed are now back online.</FONT></div>
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<div><FONT face="Times New Roman">I'm in Norcross and am looking for someone to come onsite and help. Any nominations?</FONT></div>
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<div><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Marvin</FONT></div>
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From: Robert Slaughter <rslau@mindspring.com><br>
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale@ale.org><br>
Sent: Tue, Jun 12, 2012 8:50 pm<br>
Subject: Re: [ale] Can't Boot! Need Super Block Wizard<br>
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<div id=AOLMsgPart_2_239b7d9b-478e-4179-96dd-1795bec4998d>On Tue, 2012-06-12 at 20:22 -0400, <A __removedLink__1212110108__href="mailto:mdkliman@aol.com">mdkliman@aol.com</A> wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE type="CITE"><B><FONT color=#000000>When the system failed, the disk drives weren't on-line. </FONT></B><B><FONT color=#000000><U>Now they are</U></FONT></B><B><FONT color=#000000>.</FONT></B> </BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="CITE"><FONT color=#000000> </FONT> </BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="CITE"><FONT color=#000000>The full error message is:</FONT> </BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE type="CITE"><FONT color=#000000>An error occurred during the file system check.</FONT><br>
</BLOCKQUOTE>What did the system say just above this (like Scott said, there is likely the real issue).<br>
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<BLOCKQUOTE type="CITE"><FONT color=#000000>Dropping you to a shell; the system will reboot when you leave the shell.</FONT> </BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="CITE"><FONT color=#000000>Give root password for maintenance (or type Ctrl-D to continue);</FONT> </BLOCKQUOTE>What was done at this prompt? (hint: IMHO it should have been entering the root password to fix the above issue, NOT hitting ctrl-D). <br>
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