Yesterday my Linux box crashed and I spent all evening trying to bring it back to life, with – as they say at NASA – partial success. Argh.
Later: In desperation, I tried ^C when the boot process says “/1 contains a file system with errors, check forced.” Interrupting the check of /1 (whatever that is) lets the boot proceed normally. A temporary solution, but better than nothing.
Linux: Not Ready for Prime Time.