How to solve ” fsck error on boot: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; “

It could happen, as it did to me, that when you open your Virtual box and start your Ubuntu virtual machine, you get the error below :

fsck from util-linux 2.26.2 /dev/sda1 contains a file system with errors, check forced. /dev/sda1: Inodes that were part of a corrupted orphan linked list found.
/dev/sda1: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY. (i.e., without -a or -p options) fsck exited with status code 4
The root filesystem on /dev/sda1 requires a manual fsck Busybox v1.22.1 (Ubuntu 1:1.22.0-15ubuntu1) built in shell (ash) Enter ‘help’ for a list of built-in commands. (initramfs) _

Read: How to fix Ubuntu boot issues

How to fix that ?

What you would need to do is already suggested in the error message per se, .i.e. run the command below :

fsck /dev/sda1 -y

(or whatever partition is mentioned in the message)

Then you have to reboot and you should be good to go…

Read: Using fsck to check or repair the file system in Ubuntu

 

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ziad nahdy

Ziad Nahdy, fan of open source and programming languages. He is a technical writer, blogger and Linux enthusiast. He loves to read and help others with their problems. He is addicted to open source software but he also loves other technology related subjects.
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This Post Has 14 Comments

  1. Chloe 22 Mar 2020 Reply

    fsck /dev/sda5 -y worked for my ubuntu. Thanks you’re a life saver.

  2. firaol 6 Apr 2020 Reply

    Thanks bro, i fixed my problem. i appreciate you

  3. Vinicius Kobayashi Ramos 10 Apr 2020 Reply

    Thank you Very much, Suas Nahdy!!!
    It worked for me, you saved my notebook!!

  4. Vinicius Kobayashi Ramos 10 Apr 2020 Reply

    Ziad Nahdy*, sorry.

  5. Saurabh 12 May 2020 Reply

    Thanks a lot man!! Much appreciated.

  6. Nick Guy 10 Jun 2020 Reply

    I did the same but whenever I reboot or shutdown my system, it comes up with the same problem.
    Now I have to type in the “fsck /dev/sda* -y” command over and over.
    what should I do?

  7. Syl20 5 Jul 2020 Reply

    THX very much (y) I have it on doudoulinux, it’s work great

  8. Tabzilic 15 Jul 2020 Reply

    You guy are a genius 👌

  9. pp 17 Aug 2020 Reply

    on this error>>> /dev/sda5: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY. (i.e., without -a or -p options)

    after using this>>> fsck /dev/sda5 -y and fsck -fy /dev/sda5 -y getting error >>> /dev/sda5: clean, 389475/11067392 files, 5656198/44246784 blocks

  10. ArputhaDevi 8 Sep 2020 Reply

    For me it shows
    Ext2fs_cgeck_desc: corrupt group descriptor: bad block bitmap
    Fsck.ext4:group descriptor look bad… Trying backup blocks

  11. Kayzfiq 31 Oct 2020 Reply

    Thanks it worked like charm.

  12. annu 22 Nov 2020 Reply

    Many thanks!!! You saved me hours and hours. You are my hero 🙂

  13. Pushkar 16 Aug 2021 Reply

    The command worked.. Thanks, but seems a temporary fix, bootup after couple of days again got me here on this error

  14. roberto 21 Oct 2021 Reply

    Very thanks, I fixed my problem easily and fast with your solution

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