Originally Posted by
wyattwhiteeagle
You may need to reistall *buntu.
Are you currently using the LiveUSB?
NO!
inodes are controlled by the file system. You should run the file system checker for the specific file system type. Most native linux file systems have a tool just for this. Depending on which file system is the issue. I'll assume you can't get to the grub Advanced Boot menu and go into "rescue" mode. If you could, a menu should be displayed that has "file system check" or "check all file systems" ... something like that. Choose it.
If you can't get into the grub Advanced Boot menu, boot from a live/install Linux - preferably the same release number as installed, but don't worry if the DE is different. Go into the "Try Ubuntu/Lubuntu/Xubuntu/Kubuntu" option. That will boot into a GUI using the ISO file on the flash drive. Then you can open a terminal, find the file system devices (usually something like /dev/sda1 ... but don't wildly just put in devices. That can make it worse. If you need help determining which file systems exist, run
Code:
sudo fdisk -l # <---- that's a lower-case L
Then post the results back here with forum code tags. Also, we never need to see any "loop" devices. They aren't real storage, so best to delete those from the output to prevent hassles for people trying to help.
To manually run the file system checker ...
Code:
sudo fsck -t {the file system type} {the device file name}
For example,
Code:
sudo fsck -t ext4 /dev/sdz1
Ask if you need more details. BTRFS and ZFS don't use fsck. Don't try.
Reinstalling would be the last option, but we are long away from that at this point. Heck, it could be a failing HDD, so reinstalling won't fix anything.
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