I was running some code when my computer, Dell XPS 13 97 froze, probably due to lack of RAM. I performed a hard shutdown but now when I restart, I get this screen:
I've looked around all day but all the commands that other answers suggests don't work for some reason. Dell's support assistant did fix the issue, and when I try to reset the OS factory state it says "unable to find a medium containing a live file system".
I also tried using a USB to try to fix it but I cannot see my local hard drive. The hard drive is there though, since I can see it from the BIOS (it's listed as one of the boot options).
I really don't know enough Ubuntu to solve it on my own.
1 Answer
At the initramfs prompt, type fsck -f /. Repeat if there are errors. Once done, type exit and reboot the computer.
If that doesn't work for you, we'll do it the old fashioned way...
- boot to a Ubuntu Live DVD/USB
- open a
terminalwindow - type
sudo fdisk -l - identify the /dev/XXXX device name for your "Linux Filesystem"
- type
sudo fsck -f /dev/XXXX# replacing XXXX with the number you found earlier - repeat the fsck command if there were errors
- type
reboot
Update #1:
Turned out that the BIOS had reset the SATA controller to RAID. (thanks @GabrielaGarcia). We reset it back to AHCI, did a fsck to verify proper disk operation, and the system is working again.
