File system problem

[Andries Nel <andries@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

I am a new subscriber to the Glug list. I am a member of the Pretoria Linux Users Group.

I need advice re the following:

I left my box on with a login prompt. My careless MS loving flatmate switched it off to boot up win98 without shutting down properly. Now when I try to boot RH6.1 it indicates a file system problem (unattached inode...), says that I have been dropped into a
shell, should run fsck manually and enter root pwd to do repairs. The prompt refuses to accept my root password. Running fsck also doesn't seem to help (not that I am claiming to be running it properly).

Any advice much appreciated.

Andries

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