[TriLUG] How to prevent? "fsck died with exit status 4"

[Ken MacKenzie]

kxstudio repos, add them.  You will like it.

Ken

On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 7:36 PM, Jeremy Davis <jeremyhwllc at gmail.com> wrote:

> I installed Linux Mint 17 LTS and the "fsck died with exit status 4"
> problem does not occur anymore when I pull the power cord.
>
> BTW, thanks TriLUG! I really appreciate all the comments on this topic. I
> will be busy for a while researching all the ideas discussed here.
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> On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 11:14 AM, Jeremy Davis <jeremyhwllc at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> > Hey folks, I've been having problems with AV Linux, which is Debian based
> > and has been tuned for low latency while recording music.
> >
> > I have installed it on a couple different computers and every so often,
> > the system takes a crap and I have to reinstall. It seems to happen if
> the
> > computer is suddenly unplugged or the power goes out. It seems like I
> read
> > that this happens when logged in as super user and the system is shut
> down
> > with out time to close all the processes.
> >
> > I get a black screen with "fsck died with exit status 4"
> >
> > I have used Ubuntu based Linux Mint as my primary workstation, on various
> > computers for years, and I don't remember ever having this problem.
> >
> > I am curious how others on the list cope with this issue, such as
> > strategies to prevent this from happening, minimize losses, quick
> recovery
> > etc... I am working with music recordings so it is critical not to lose
> my
> > work, which is stored in files on the hard drive.
> >
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