Today when I started my VM this error occurred
<img src="https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1694487254891/762d96bd-dc16-4ddd-9b8f-bc02f7c569a8.jpeg" alt class="image--center mx-auto" />
The command to fix this problem
<pre><code class="lang-bash">fsck -yf /dev/sda1
-y : yes for every occurrence
-f : forced
</code></pre>
<img src="https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1694487617283/6a935bd0-d029-4ca0-84b4-18d13b11992c.jpeg" alt class="image--center mx-auto" />
Then exit as usual

Today when I started my VM this error occurred

![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1694487254891/762d96bd-dc16-4ddd-9b8f-bc02f7c569a8.jpeg align="center")

The command to fix this problem

```bash
fsck -yf /dev/sda1
-y : yes for every occurrence
-f : forced
```

![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1694487617283/6a935bd0-d029-4ca0-84b4-18d13b11992c.jpeg align="center")

Then exit as usual

the root filesystem on /dev/sda1 requires a manual fsck

root filesystem requires a manual fsck