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ciropom

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Registered: 2008-12-23

Posts: 26

File System Check failed [SOLVED]

Hi at all!
Here is my problem:
when I try to start Arch linux (Fallback and normally) the File system check fails and the system give me a prompt and say "solve manually the problem"
I've tryed to do fsck and it returns that there aren't errors! if I mount partition with mount command, it works and the data is consistent (all my data is ok).

So I tryed to start a liveCD distro, and run gparted, but this say
"Warning! Unable to read the contents of this filesystem!
Because of this some operations may be unavaiable"

The problem is appeared after that I've removed an unused partition, and I've resized the arch partion to cover the empty space.

Thank you for your reply....

Last edited by ciropom (2009-01-11 13:48:56)

Mektub

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From: Lisbon /Portugal

Registered: 2008-01-02

Posts: 647

Re: File System Check failed [SOLVED]

ciropom,

since gparted is not able to read the contents of the FS try on the command line:

fdisk -l /dev/sda

(or sdb, etc)

post results, if any.

Mektub

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ciropom

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Registered: 2008-12-23

Posts: 26

Re: File System Check failed [SOLVED]

Hi mektub! you're the holy protector of my arch

[root@localhost ~]# fdisk -l /dev/sda

Disk /dev/sda: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x54de3232

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1       30133   242043291   83  Linux
/dev/sda3           30134       30401     2152710   82  Linux swap / Solaris

Mektub

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From: Lisbon /Portugal

Registered: 2008-01-02

Posts: 647

Re: File System Check failed [SOLVED]

ciropom,

fdisk doesn't show any discrepancies.

I am shooting in the dark now:

Since you deleted a parttion and resized, did the device name for the root or swap partition  change ?

Please check that device name in Grub and /etc/fstab agree. In some cases it can give a misleading information of
a failed filesystem check.

Mektub

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ciropom

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Registered: 2008-12-23

Posts: 26

Re: File System Check failed [SOLVED]

You were right... the fstab wanted to mount old partition, but it disappeared when I resized my arch partition.

I simply had to delete a line in my fstab, and all work.

Thank you so much mektub.