File system error

[galapogos]

Hi,

I was working on my Mandriva Linux 2010.2 system when I noticed that I couldn't access a particular file. I would keep getting I/O errors, so I rebooted. Upon reboot, I got the following bootup error messages:

checking root filesystem
/dev/sda6 contains a file system with errors, check forced
Missing '..' in directory inode 16781009

/dev/sda6 : UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY
(i.e., without -a or -p options)

*** An error occurred during the file system check
*** Dropping you to a shell; the system will reboot
*** when you leave the shell

Give root password for maintenance
(or type Control-D for normal startup):

Should I just boot up with a LiveCD and run fsck on /dev/sda6 and allow it to fix whatever issues it detects? Or would that screw my system up? What should I do to fix these problems?

Thanks.

[reed9]

Booting up a live CD and running fsck should be safe.

[TTIO]

Also, you can boot in single user mode and do the same thing (I don't know about mandriva, but I think with most distros you can add a '1' to the end of the boot options to boot in single user. I've only ever tried it in Fedora though...)

I'd guess that if you have a live disk to hand though, that'd be a better option.

[galapogos]

Thanks, I booted up using Knoppix and it worked.