fsck rebooting problem

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fsck rebooting problem

Recently I tried fsck for the first time in a long time and problem rebooting occurs. [note that I have disabled Journaling].

I ran fsck in Single User mode and it said it Modified the system, apparently fixing something. However, there are no prompts or field to enter reboot/restart command or any other command after fix is made. I remember in the past there was way to order a restart after running fsck or simply continuing to boot. That does still happen if there are no fixes/modifications, but not if there is a modification. Only thing I can think to do was force a restart by pressing and holding the Power button.

iMac G5, 1.8.GHz,, Mac OS X (10.4.5), 1 GB RAM

Posted on Feb 19, 2006 12:05 AM

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Kappy

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Feb 19, 2006 12:35 AM in response to iGreg

If fsck reports that it has modified the filesystem, then you need to continue re-running fsck until it reports that the filesystem is OK. To restart simply enter "reboot" at the prompt and press return (no quotes.)

See: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214.

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iGreg Author

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Feb 19, 2006 12:37 AM in response to Kappy

Thats the problem. I see NO prompt. Last line says that the system has been modified. Nothing after that.

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Kappy

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Feb 19, 2006 7:22 AM in response to iGreg

That would suggest the drive has problems that can't be fixed by fsck or Disk Utility. You will need to use Disk Warrior or TechTool Pro to repair the drive if it's repairable. If not, then you will need to reformat the drive.

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iGreg Author

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Feb 19, 2006 9:52 AM in response to Kappy

No, I think something else is going on. Because, after I force rebooted the drive into single-user again and ran fsck again, it said that all was well. So fsck did its job, I just did not get an apparent prompt to enter text after it was done

Once again, it may be a Journaling issue, the single-user text may change when you run it after disabling Journaling. Possibly it could be that Apple simply changed the text after updating to 10.4.5. They are a bit notorious for making such subtle changes without noting it in their documents (or burying such changes so that it takes an archeological expedition to find the info.

Be that as it may, fsck says all is fine now. If it kept saying System Modified over and over after running fsck consecutively then I would agree something is still wrong. The issue may happen again, only when it actually fixes something.

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