[Discuss] Serious error in /usr

[Murray Strome]

Thanks for the suggestion. The first sector of the disk does start at 2048.
Murray
On 2016-04-23 09:51 AM, John Blomfield wrote:
> I've had this error because the first sector of the disk starts at 
> less than sector 2048. Some bios' combined with the latest distros 
> seem to object if the first sector is less than 2048 (x 5 12 Bytes) = 
> 1 MB. Re-partitioning the disk to start at 2048 solved the problem.
>
> John
>
>
> On 04/22/2016 07:56 PM, Murray Strome wrote:
>> When I reboot into Ubuntu (16.04) on at least one computer, first it 
>> will not boot. If I chose Advanced Options, and Upstart I get a 
>> message saying something like "Serious error in /usr", which is a 
>> separate partition.
>>
>> I am given a few options, but if I chose "I" to ignore the error, it 
>> does boot OK, and I have several options for Windows managers. In the 
>> past, Icewm was often the best, but right now, Plasma (i.e. KDE) 
>> seems to be working the best.
>>
>> What I would like to know is:
>> How can I find out what the "serious errors" might be, and how can I 
>> fix them?  I really do not want to have to go through the pain of 
>> reinstalling Ubuntu if I don't have to do so.
>>
>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Murray
>>