[PLUG] Desktop machine failures

[Galen Seitz]

On 07/10/15 18:03, Denis Heidtmann wrote:
> Well, it is at it again.  Second boot of the day I got the same error I got
> a 6 days ago:  "Error 16: Inconsistent file system structure. Press any key
> to continue."
> A key press gets me to the menu of OS versions.  On choosing the usual
> (12.04) I get partway into the Ubuntu startup, then a black screen with a
> flashing cursor.  ^ALT DEL soon produces the msg.
> "Busybox v 1.18.5 (Ubuntu1:1.18.5-1ubuntu 4.1) built-in shell (ash)"
> "Enter help for a list of built-in commands"
> Prompt is (initramfs).  I enter exit.  Then I get the kernel panic
> messages.  (They are identical to those I got the last time.
> 
> This time I used e2fsck -fvp /dev/sda1 from the Ubuntu 12.04 live CD.  No
> errors found.
> 
> Then I ran the smart self-test in palimpsest (a gui).  It took two hours,
> but found nothing wrong, as far as I can tell from the report.
> 
> System seems fine at the moment.
> 
> Short of a new computer, any ideas?

As someone else mentioned, how is your disk partitioned?  You are
checking sda1, but are there other partitions/filesystems on your disk?
 You should confirm that it's not actually a different filesystem that
is failing.

Re-seat all cables and connectors.

Confirm all fans are operating.

Swap power supplies.

Swap disks.


galen
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