Cant boot

[Psyk]

when i boot linux it says "the filesystem has errors. check forced" when it finishes the check it says "unattatched inode 330979" then drops me to a shell. what do i do to get it working properly again? I am a complete newbie.

[X_console]

Usually you would run fsck on the partition that complained about the error. Generally you boot with a boot/rescue disk, then if /dev/hda2 is the partition with the problem:

fsck /dev/hda2

You need to use a boot/rescue disk. Attempting to run fsck on a mounted partition can damage it.

[bdg1983]

Automatic mode

fsck -a /dev/hda# (replace # with your partition number)

Interactive mode

fsck -r /dev/hda#

Once you get your system up and running, have a look at the fsck manual page. man fsck