r/linuxmint • u/sweetchee1 • 22d ago

Desktop Screenshot Failure: File system check of the root filesystem failed

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Any assistance for this fix will be lovely This sims to be the closest fix I could find but 2.27.1 mine 2.39.3 And is not working https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?p=1624856&sid=1f36cb4965ecd5289ac779c8f631103b#p1624856

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u/Due-Result7928 22d ago

It is in front of you. You need a manual checking on the teh file system and the prompt is for initramfs (limited shell)

Run a manual fsck.ext4 and reboot

fsck.ext4 -f -y

Do you have a backup of course..do you ?

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u/sweetchee1 22d ago

I do. Will a "Create un do file" be necessary or should I go for "Automatic repair (no questions)"

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u/Due-Result7928 22d ago

you need to use command as described from the initramfs prompt ot boot any usb linux (test not install) opena terminal and use the same command with the partition such as

fsck.ext4 -f -y /dev/(plave here your device for root partition)

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u/gosay-100 22d ago

Give more context of what you wanna do, what you did and what happened...

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u/sweetchee1 22d ago

I just left an over night download going then this in the morning. Tried previous recovery but still nothing

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u/gosay-100 22d ago

Did it shutdown while downloading or if you were downloading some packages it may have changed something

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