"/dev/sda2 contains a file system with errors, checked forced. Inodes that were part of a corrupte orphan linked list found. /dev/sda2/ UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY: RUN fsck MANUALLY. (i.e. without -a or -p options) fsck exited with status code 4 the root filesystem on /edv/sda2 requires a manual fsck Busybox v1.22.1 (Ubuntu 1:1.22.0-15ubuntu1) built in shell (ash) Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands. (initramfs) " Solved this At the prompt write $ fsck -y /dev/sda to run manual check on the filesystem. The '-y' option will automatically answer yes to all question. http://askubuntu.com/questions/890501/the-root-filesystem-requires-manual-fsck