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I cannot exit rescue mode.

Asked by Martina O

Hi :)

I've switched from Windows Vista to Ubuntu 9.10 not so long ago, and it's great! But, I have one problem - my laptop turned off and when I wanted to turn it back on, I've got this list with 4 options to choose from. When I enter recovery mode, I've got this:

Mount of filesystem shell will now be started.
CONTROL-D will terminate this shell and re-try.
root@mylaptop: ~#

So, what now? What should I write after that to start my laptop, and continue working? Control D just gets me one more "root@..." line.

I believe this is something that I should probably have to know how to do, but I've never been very good in that kind of stuff :)

Thank you in advance!

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Ryan Dwyer (ryandwyer) said : 		#1

Why are you entering recovery mode? Don't the other options work? What are they and what happens when you try them?

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David Jones (dj) said : 		#2

Please give us the other optins you recieve at bootup.

David
in TN

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David Jones (dj) said : 		#3

Please give us the other optins you recieve at bootup.

David
in TN

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wojox (wojox) said : 		#4

Just enter:

shutdown -r now

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Martina O (martina-osmak) said : 		#5

So, this is the entire list:

Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-14-generic
Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-14-generic (recovery mode)
Memory test (memtest86+)
Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)

When I select the first one it begins with a normal start up, and then it starts checking file system, so I have this written (and only this, it's not just a fraction):

Mount of filesystem failed.
A maintenance shell will now be started.
CONTROL-D will terminate this shell and re-try.
root@mymachine:~#

Entering "sudo reboot" doens't help. It just gets me where I've started - 4 items list.

I've tried entering "shutdown -r now" but it doesn't work. My laptop restarts and then I have that 4 items list back again.

What should I do?

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Best wojox (wojox) said : 		#6

Run:

fsck

after it runs, ctrl+d, and you may have to do it again.

It should generally 'fix itself' after running fsck, as many people had this issue.

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Martina O (martina-osmak) said : 		#7

Thanks wojox, that solved my question.

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Martina O (martina-osmak) said : 		#8

Thanks, wojox!!!

P.S. Just wanted to thank you by myself :)