I have an unpatched 9.2 Linux system which I turn on/off daily to use it as opposed to leaving it running, due to power constraints. After plugging in an external HDD via USB and initiating a cp to make a backup, before doing a complete system update online, I cancelled the backup due to time constraints, the fsck error from hell has been haunting me. The other day I powered on, and whilst the system was checking if the fs were clean, I was asked to enter the root password as the / (dev/hda1) fs needed repairing. It was mounted read only and to mount it read/write I would need to issue #mount -n -o remount,rw /. I entered the password and remounted / as rw. Initially I tried #fsck / which returned that the journal had neen recovered, however there was a JBD error which I'll cover in anoter mail. After CTRL-D to reboot the system again complained about / needing checking. Hauling out the books I have to get the right fsck syntax, I noticed that not one of Running Linux by Welsh et al or suSE Linux by Brown, or Using Linux by QUE had the required syntax if a system should need repairing. Looking at the options of fsck I tried #fsck -pcfv /dev/hda1 and again got the KBD error after the journal was recovered. Since this wierdness had only happened after messing around with the USB external HDD I vi'd the /etc/fstab file and removed the lines containing info on the USB devices( a thumb drive and the external HDD). Now I wish I had made a backup copy of the fstab before I changed it but it was pre-coffee time and about 2am. I rebooted and the machine booted into KDE and I was able to browse te SuSE archives at http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=suse-linux-e&r=1&w=2 I did not find a solution there either. Would a kind sole please let me know what fsck syntax I should use if the / or any other partition needs repairing? The fsck error from hell has meant that I have left the machine running and susceptible to power outages. TIA Hylton -- ======================================================================== Currently using SuSE 9.2 Professional with KDE and Mozilla 1.7.2 Linux user # 229959 at http://counter.li.org ========================================================================