Re: FC4 File system corrupted. Help!

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On Fri, 2005-08-12 at 15:56 -0700, lloyd545220-trucker@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I got the bug in my Thunderbird email the other day. Today, I decided
> to un-install Thunderbird and re-install it using 'Yum Extender'
> 
> Bad move. Yum Extender froze while doing this. After letting it sit
> for a half hour, I did a force quit on it.
> 
> Afterwards I tried loading Synaptic to do the same thing. It would
> not start.
> 
> I logged out as a user, intending to log back in as root. I got a
> small red screen approximate 800x600 pixels in size, and I get a
> message that it can not load my graphical desktop. I had the line
> commands only, and most of those are cut off by the outer blue
> screen.
> 
> I rebooted.
> 
> I got the message that my file system was corrupted and Selinux was
> preventing repairs. It stated that it had disabled selinux. It needed
> my root password.
> 
> When I typed in the root password, I got this:
> 
> :repairing volume 1:
> 
> It is sitting there waiting for something, but I do not know what. If
> I simply type in "yes", I see a bunch of odd characters appear on
> that small red screen, then it goes blank. Nothing appears to be
> happening with my hard drive.
> 
> I can really use some help to recover some files here.
> 
> Lloyd
> 

You may be able to boot to rescue mode, or to knoppix to recover the
files.

I would do the mandatory recovery (absolutely minimal and files I could
scan for problems) and then do a FULL new install, formatting everything
on that hard disk and any others that have been attached as well.

> 
> 
> Lloyd Hayes
> 
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