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. ---- at the :repairing volume 1: prompt... e2fsck -fy /dev/hda1 substitute freely for hda1 for other partitions or logical devices Craig
