This is caused normally by a fault while scanning the filesystem. If a ctrl-d or typing in your root pass doesn't get you to a prompt, you might like to boot from a linux rescue floppy, like the one that comes with debian and repair your filesystem manually. You do this by typing e2fsck /dev/hda2 replacing /dev/hda2 with the partition that your system is reporting faults with. You can find out which partition is damaged on the screen just before the message you described in your email. This is generally caused by a system not shutting down correctly or something else that causes the integrity of your file system to become unstable. Hope this helps. Later >From Mitchell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Geetha Shamanna" <s_geetha@vsnl.com> To: <blinux-list@redhat.com> Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2002 6:43 PM Subject: Problem with booting into Linux > Hello all: > > I am very new to Linux and have been using it on and off for about a couple > of weeks now. > When I boot into Linux, I normally hear a prompt which indicates that my > synthesizer (doubletalk) has been found. I then key in my user information, > and start Emacspeak. At this point DoubleTalk starts speaking. I have had > no problem with this setup so far. > > However, when I booted into Linux this morning, I did not here the > "DoubleTalk found" prompt. Instead, the following error message appeared on > the screen: > "An error has occurred during the file system check, dropping you to a > shell. The system will reboot. When you leave the shell, give root password > for maintenance, or type ctrl-d for normal startup." > It does not however accept my root password. If I hit ctrl-d as suggested, > the system reboots. However, the same message appears again. I am unable to > figure out why this happened, or what needs to be done to set it right. > Any help would be highly appreciated. > > Thanks, > Geetha > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >