[Discuss] Serious error in /usr

[Murray Strome]

Nope! Only one entry for /usr and its partition in /etc/fstab.  
Normally, the Gnome Disk Utility would let me do the SMART checks, but 
this option is not available for the SSD drive (which contains the /usr 
partition). It is available for all of the standard spinning hard 
drives. However, I installed GSMARTctl and all the tests show the drive 
is healthy -- not surprising since it is new and has a 10 year warranty.

Murray
On 2016-04-23 05:29 PM, pw wrote:
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> Check /etc/fstab for multiple entries for the same partition mount.
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>
> It may be that you have the same partition being mounted twice.
> One mount has a correct device for mounting and the other has an
> incorrect one.
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> Once you're booted try:
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> /> mount -a
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> and see if one of your mounts in fstab complains.
>
> You can also use 'smartctl' to check the status of your drive
> if it's aged.
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>
> P
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>
> On 16-04-22 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
>>