Fsck problem: the root filesystem on /dev/sda5 requires a manual fsck

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My Ubuntu computer says /dev/sda5 contains a file system with errors, check forced. /dev/sda5: Inode 393249 seems to contain garbage.

/dev/sda5: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY. (i.e., without -a or -p options) fsck exited with status code 4 the root filesystem on /dev/sda5 requires a manual fsck

BusyBox v1.30.1 (Ubuntu 1:1.30.1-4ubuntu6.4) built in shell (ash) Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

(initramfs)

How do I fix this?

Boot from another linux system, typically from a USB drive with Ubuntu running live 'Try Ubuntu'; Identify the problematic drive, if it is still seen as /dev/sda5 and run sudo e2fsck -cf /dev/sda5 and if there are lots of error messages maybe according to the automatic advice sudo e2fsck -p /dev/sda5; See more details at man e2fsck — sudodus, May 13 '23 at 14:52
Does this answer your question? fsck error on boot: /dev/sda6: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY — Nmath, May 13 '23 at 15:00
If you boot from an Ubuntu USB drive, there is sudo. Do not try this from the system that you want to repair. — sudodus, May 13 '23 at 15:45

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 10 '24 at 06:31

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At the prompt enter fsck -y /dev/sda5 to run manual check on the filesystem. The -y option will automatically answer yes to all question.

answered Jan 10 '24 at 06:31

Oliver

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Fsck problem: the root filesystem on /dev/sda5 requires a manual fsck

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