However these result of 'df':
/dev/sdb1 vfat 7.3G 4.8G 2.5G 66% /cdrom
[/dev loop stuff...]
/dev/sdc1 vfat 7.3G 4.8G 2.5G 66% /media/ubuntu/C539-4EEC
looks to me like this is targeting my live USB stick & not my laptop HDD.
Tried sudo fsck /dev/sda2 as you suggested (following umount as before) result:
sudo : unable to execute /sbin/fsck: input/output error
I appreciate your (& ...
However these result of 'df':
/dev/sdb1 vfat 7.3G 4.8G 2.5G 66% /cdrom
[/dev loop stuff...]
/dev/sdc1 vfat 7.3G 4.8G 2.5G 66% /media/ubuntu/C539-4EEC
looks to me like this is targeting my live USB stick & not my laptop HDD.
Tried sudo fsck /dev/sda2 as you suggested (following umount as before) result:
sudo : unable to execute /sbin/fsck: input/output error
I appreciate your (& ...