Linux Mint 18.1 Serena Try Fixing Disk Errors
Hello Mint User! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Repair/Recover/Fix Disk from Errors Even if No more Bootable on Linux Mint 18.1 Serena LTS i386/amd64 GNU Mate/Cinnamon/Xfce/KDE Desktop.
And this Procedure should Easily Fix Errors and Recover your Linux Mint Drive only in Case it’s Not Corrupted.
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Boot System with Mint or other Linux Live Media
How to Create a Live Linux Mint Media -
Open a Shell Terminal emulator window
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.
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Find the Volume to Fix
(LVM or Ordinary Partition)
So first install Lvm2 Tool:sudo apt-get install lvm2
So now Execute a Disk Scan to Find out existing Partitions:
lvmdiskscan
In the Output you should be able to Recognize your Device…
If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo -
Fixing the Partition
If it’s mounted then first Unmount the Partition with:sudo umount /dev/[my-vol]
Where [my-vol] the Device identifier.
Finally, Check the File System:sudo /sbin/e2fsck -fy /dev/[my-vol]
Then if Errors are found Repeat again the process until the Disk is Fixed with No more Issue detected.
If the Disk is Not Corrupted then the Process will Easily Restore the Volume. -
Reboot Linux Mint.