FC4 - File System with Errors!

[Jeff Vian]

On Sat, 2006-01-28 at 20:21 -0800, Hoffmann wrote:
> --- Peter Arremann <loony at loonybin.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Saturday 28 January 2006 19:37, Hoffmann wrote:
> > > Hello:
> > >
> > > I realized that since the beginning of the week,
> > > during the booting process, I have got the follow
> > > error:
> > >
> > > /1. Contains a file system with errors, check
> > forced.
> > >
> > > In the majority of the times, after that error,
> > the
> > > system restarts normally. 
> > Why are you gettting that so often? You should only
> > get the file system check 
> > only if your system crashes or you power it off
> > without a proper shutdown. 
> > Either that, or your disk is going bad.
> > 
> > > However, one day, it didn't 
> > > work, and I needed to cut the power off manually.
> > That fixed the issue? I'm surprised. You should have
> > used fsck to check your 
> > filesystem completely. 
> > 
> > > What does that error mean? Should I reinstall
> > Fedora,
> > > just in case?
> > Either your system wasn't shut down properly or your
> > harddisk is dying...
> > 
> > Peter.
> > 
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> 
> Hi Peter,
> 
> I just used fsck to check my filesystem, and I got no
> error.
> 
> What do you think?
> 
> It seems like I am alright, so?
> 

If this is happening on a frequent basis and you cannot otherwise
identify why, it could be a drive failing.

Use hdparm to test it and find out what has already been logged on the
drive for errors.