Question
ext4 filesystem "needs journal recovery"
- Posted on May 11, 2021
- Linux BasicsUbuntu 18.04
Asked by benp100
I have errors from grub-emu:
error: sparse file not allowed.
error: no such device: 21b294f1-25bd-4265-9c4e-d6e4aeb57e97.
error: can't find command `linux'.
error: can't find command `initrd'.
If I run file -s /dev/sda, I see:
/dev/sda: Linux rev 1.0 ext4 filesystem data, UUID=6e1fd477-4aec-4323-83b8-55c419ce471f (needs journal recovery) (extents) (64bit) (large files) (huge files)
This is very worrying because I can’t reboot the machine, what can I do?
I also posted this question to https://askubuntu.com/questions/1337564/my-grub-bootloader-appears-to-be-severely-broken-how-can-i-repair-it
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