[ubuntu-uk] Fsck forced on boot up due to date problems after update

Chris Rowson christopherrowson at gmail.com
Fri Oct 5 22:27:32 BST 2007


> Inside is a tiny battery that powers the BIOS memory (or something). My
> laptop is awfully old, and the battery has finally gone flat. This means
> that every time my laptop is disconnected from the mains, it forgets all
> the settings I have made in the BIOS. It complains at me a lot,

Sounds like it's worth looking at :-) I'm guessing that if Rob keeps
his laptop plugged into the mains and restarts it then it shouldn't
fsck if that's the problem then?

> Hope this helped... as I said, I'm only 14, so I could be talking a load
> of rubbish... :P

Meh, doesn't matter how old you are mate ;-)

Chris



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