| Prompt | Response | Meaning |
|---|
| FIX? | n | fsck terminates. |
| FIX? | y | fsck treats the contents of the inode as a directory, even though the inode mode indicates otherwise. If the directory is actually intact, and only the inode mode is incorrectly set, this may recover the directory. |
| CONTINUE? | n | fsck terminates. |
| CONTINUE? | y | fsck attempts to continue with the check. If some of the root directory is still readable, pieces of the files system may be salvaged. |
| REMOVE? | n | Ignore the error condition. A "no" response is appropriate only if the user intends to take other action to fix the problem. |
| REMOVE? | y | Remove a bad directory entry. |