What to do if linux can't start up?

How to solve if linux can't start? In view of this problem, this article introduces the corresponding analysis and answers in detail, hoping to help more partners who want to solve this problem to find a more simple and feasible way.

Reason why it cannot be started:

Illegal shutdown, resulting in damage to the root file system (that is, the linux root partition is damaged and the system cannot start normally)

The ext3 file system is widely used under linux. It has a logging file system that can be easily fault-tolerant and recovered. However, under the high load read and write ext3 file system, a sudden power outage may occur, which may lead to inconsistency in the internal structure of the file, resulting in file system damage.

Solution:

First, press the CTRL+D key combination, restart automatically, enter the system repair mode after entering the root password, and then execute the fsck command as follows:

First uninstall the partition to be repaired, with the following command:

Umount / dev/sdb5

Then perform the repair, with the following command:

Fsck .ext3-y / dev/sdb5

Then type YES.

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