On Sat, 2006-01-28 at 20:21 -0800, Hoffmann wrote: > --- Peter Arremann <loony@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Saturday 28 January 2006 19:37, Hoffmann wrote: > > > Hello: > > > > > > I realized that since the beginning of the week, > > > during the booting process, I have got the follow > > > error: > > > > > > /1. Contains a file system with errors, check > > forced. > > > > > > In the majority of the times, after that error, > > the > > > system restarts normally. > > Why are you gettting that so often? You should only > > get the file system check > > only if your system crashes or you power it off > > without a proper shutdown. > > Either that, or your disk is going bad. > > > > > However, one day, it didn't > > > work, and I needed to cut the power off manually. > > That fixed the issue? I'm surprised. You should have > > used fsck to check your > > filesystem completely. > > > > > What does that error mean? Should I reinstall > > Fedora, > > > just in case? > > Either your system wasn't shut down properly or your > > harddisk is dying... > > > > Peter. > > > > -- > > fedora-list mailing list > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe: > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > Hi Peter, > > I just used fsck to check my filesystem, and I got no > error. > > What do you think? > > It seems like I am alright, so? > If this is happening on a frequent basis and you cannot otherwise identify why, it could be a drive failing. Use hdparm to test it and find out what has already been logged on the drive for errors.