Re: help /dev/hda5 errors

I reloaded EmC tonight it loaded ok But It will not let me log in
even when I use the right Login names I even Zeroed the hard drive
then reformatted the drive and tried to load it with no login but it
still wanted me to log in. after 5 hours I gave for the night I have
BDI EMC V2.00 I got it from MAMES 3 years ago

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Jon Elson <elson@p...> wrote:
> John wrote:
>
> >I went to boot up emc tonight after sitting all summer and got
the
> >following
> >
> >
> >/Dev/hda5 conains a file system with errors. check forced
> >/dev/hda5: UNEXPECTED Inconsistency: Run.fsck manually
> > (ie., without -a or -p options)
> >
> >
> >
> Not good news. Depending on the version of Linux this is based
on, you
> need to run the file system check (fsck) program. Did you last
shut down
> the system without a proper shutdown procedure? The newer versions
> give you a countdown where you can hit a key to enter the manual
startup
> procedure. On the older versions, there is a different kernel
boot
> procedure
> available in LILO, such as failsafe, that puts you in a single-
user
> glass-TTY
> mode. You can then run fsck /dev/hda5
>
> Or, you can boot from the CD and then type rescue. When it is
fully booted,
> you then do the same fsck /dev/hda5
>
> Unexpected inconsistency sounds like it might be a bad error, such
as a
> different
> OS on a multi-boot computer may have written to the disk.
>
> Jon