BusyBox boot error?

[KaIIen]

I am running 11.04 32bit. I didn't realize my laptop was unplugged...the battery died and shut down. Now when I attempt to boot, I get this message:

BusyBox v1.17.1 (Ubuntu 1:1.17.1-10ubuntu1) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

(initramfs)

I have not updated or installed new software in a couple weeks. The only thing that has happened is what I mentioned above. I dual boot with XP, and that is working fine.

Any idea what caused this to happen and how to repair? Thanks

[Rubberman]

Because it shut down while the system was still active, you need to repair your file system. Boot from a live/recovery CD/DVD/USB drive and run fsck on the drive partition(s) that contain your Linux OS file system(s). That may fix it well enough to boot. If not, then you will possibly need to reinstall the boot files.

[KaIIen]

Because it shut down while the system was still active, you need to repair your file system. Boot from a live/recovery CD/DVD/USB drive and run fsck on the drive partition(s) that contain your Linux OS file system(s). That may fix it well enough to boot. If not, then you will possibly need to reinstall the boot files.

Not exactly sure what I need to do. Terminal then sudo fsck?

[Rubberman]

Not exactly sure what I need to do. Terminal then sudo fsck?

Essentially. Assuming that your Linux root file system is /dev/sda1, you would execute the command "fsck /dev/sda1" or "sudo fsck /dev/sda1". You can get a list of the partitions, sizes, types, etc with the command "fdisk -l".

[KaIIen]

Essentially. Assuming that your Linux root file system is /dev/sda1, you would execute the command "fsck /dev/sda1" or "sudo fsck /dev/sda1". You can get a list of the partitions, sizes, types, etc with the command "fdisk -l".

Thank you Rubberman, this solved my problem. It's been a long time since I used the fdisk and fsck commands...
Not sure how to mark this SOLVED. Thank you again!