Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] fsck won't work if ac cord not attached?!
Date: Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:09:56
Message-Id: 20091201083752.62a4c8a2@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] fsck won't work if ac cord not attached?! by Maxim Wexler
1 On Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:54:45 -0700, Maxim Wexler wrote:
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3 > you guys are killing me -- the problem goes away when the ac cord is
4 > plugged in. I open files watch videos surf the web and so on -- no
5 > problems. I'm no expert, but that would seem to suggest that the fs is
6 > OK, no?
7
8 No! You're missing the point. You are telling us that the system works
9 fine if you fsck the root partition before trying to mount it rw, but
10 fails to mount if it is not fscked. That means there is something wrong.
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12 Hint: I am typing this on an Asus Eee PC that was just booted up on
13 battery power.
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17 Neil Bothwick
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19 EASY TO INSTALL = Difficult to install, but instruction manual has
20 pictures.

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