On Mon, 4 May 2020 at 18:21, Samuel Sieb <samuel@sieb.net> wrote:
On 5/4/20 2:18 PM, George N. White III wrote:
> On Mon, 4 May 2020 at 17:04, Samuel Sieb <samuel@sieb.net
> <mailto:samuel@sieb.net>> wrote:
>     You're using LVM for your file system partitions, nothing to do with
>     systemd.
>     You just need to run "e2fsck /dev/mapper/fedora-root" to fix the file
>     system.
>
>
> There will be a reason the filesystem got corrupted.   Is it spinning media
> or solid-state?  Check that there is free space available.   While booted
> from a "live" USB drive you can install smartmontools, then use smartctl
> to check drive health and run the self-tests.   Installs/updates are stress
> tests for mass storage devices so apparently healthy drives can develop
> probelms.

It would be easier to fix it first, then you can run tests from the
working system.

If there is no space on the device or device is failing, it may not be 
easy to fix or may not give a working system.   

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George N. White III