Booting to initramfs very often

Question

My laptop boots to initramfs very often. When it does, I execute fsck as explained below, and always solve the problem momentarily :

(initramfs) exit

/dev/sda10: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY.
                     (i.e., without -a or -p options)

(initramfs) fsck /dev/sda10 -y

Then many problems are fixed, and I reboot and Ubuntu boots normally.

However I have to do it very often, more than tree times a week and I want to solve it definitively.

As suggested, SMART info are:

It indicates a problem with the storage device, HDD, SSD, etc. Use the Disks Utility to gather SMART info about the device. — mikewhatever, Sep 28 '16 at 17:09
I can't give you the link using my phone but search on 'enter y for fsck automatically" — WinEunuuchs2Unix, Sep 28 '16 at 17:09

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 28 '16 at 17:46

As in this case the problem is always solved with fsck, it is possible to run fsck on every boot automatically.

sudo nano /etc/default/rcS

And do the change:

# automatically repair filesystems with inconsistencies during boot
FSCKFIX=yes

As it is a hard disk problem, think about backup important data. Now your disk is in likely to fail soon, If it changes to imminent failure, replace the HD.

Booting to initramfs very often

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