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unexpected inconsistency Run fsck manually

Hi,
As I was rebooting a blade that runs RHEL 4.0 it keeps taking me
to the screen where it says "Unexpected inconsistency. Run fsck
manually or press Ctrl D to continue."
I hit Ctrl D and it just reboots to the same question.
I put in the pass word to go into maintenance and it asked
me if I wanted to repair files system 1. Soon as I entered yes then
just went blank.

is it repairing or is there something else I need to do?
This is urgent.Thanks!

Sainai

ASKER

also I went into maintenance mode and ran fsck and ti asked me to repair file system 1. I typed y and then the screen went blank. Isn't there a status screen and normally how long does a fsck take?

ggcy

yes there is a staus screen (what version are you using?)
how long it takes depends on how big your filesystem is and the hardware you have.
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-1219
Or
first check root : fsck -V -a /
then other filesystems: fsck -R -A -V -a

Sainai

ASKER

I will run this. But why is the status screen blank?

Also how do I put it in single user mode to run fsck?

Thanks a bunch.

nabeelmoidu

if its ur root filesystem, its better u boot off a installation cd and get into rescue mode and then do the fsck.

Sainai

ASKER

the server was imaged so no installation cd. The version is 4.0.
How do you put it into single user mode? thanks

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