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I'm trying to repair Ububtu 15.10 crash/lockup boots up with no icons on screen, many repairs did not sove this problem, so created a dvd install for 15.10. But after all this, It comes back with "the root filesystem on /dev/sd1 requires a manual fsck." How does one do this ? I'm not a software dev/writer etc

Rodger Anthony Headifen
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The best way is to use a Live CD/DVD to access your system (as you cannot run fsck on a mounted system). Two steps are then required:

  1. Boot your computer using a 'Live' CD/DVD

  2. Open a Terminal window and run:

    sudo fsck /dev/sd1

Confirm first that the drive number: sd1 is actually the correct one from your error message...

andrew.46
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At the prompt, just write: fsck -y /dev/sd1

Soren A
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I am on Ubuntu 16.4. I faced the same issue. Any command I want to autocomplete, it comes with:

bash: cannot create temp file for here-document: Read-only file system

I was challenged by a black screen with the message

....on /dev/sd1 requires a manual fsck

I tried with sudo fsck at initramfs prompt, no chance. Then I type "help" there to get clue. Then I type sudo fsck /dev/sda1. It prompts me with lots of choices (y) for yes. I keep moving till I got the prompt initramfs. There I type exit and I got back my original set up.

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