Fedora Linux

[wesman2232]

I'm trying my hardest to help out my friend who is running Linux (Fedora) on her laptop (not even she knows how to use it, her step-dad installed it while he was using it). Shes getting this error when booting:

An error occurred during the file system check.
Dropping you to shell;the system will reboot when you leave the shell.
Warning -- SELinux is active
Disabling security enforcement for system recovery.
Run 'setenforce 1'to reenable.
Give root password for maintenance
(or type Control-D to continue):

Thing is, we don't know the root password, and her step-dad won't give it to her.
So, I looked up on how to reset the root password. We did all the steps (putting 1 after the kernel command to put it into single-user mode/Runlevel 1), accepted the new changes, and booted the the changed kernel, but it still comes up with the first error.

I have no clue on how to use Linux. Could someone help us out please? (Note: I have no access to her computer, or even visuals. She lives in Rhode Island at the moment. I was going by what she was telling me the screen said.)

 

[Warmonger]

Looks like something is corrupt maybe? I would just re-install the OS im sure Ubuntu etc is plenty enough user friendly to understand. That would be my approach.

 

[Zetta]

Yeah, not giving root password is a good enough reason to re-install. Ubuntu gets my vote too.

 

[wesman2232]

Looks like something is corrupt maybe? I would just re-install the OS im sure Ubuntu etc is plenty enough user friendly to understand. That would be my approach.

That's what I was thinking, but she doesn't have the CD's to restore. I think you need the root password for that too.
Should I tell her to take it to a shop to fix it and remove Linux? (we are used to Windows)

 

[Warmonger]

That's what I was thinking, but she doesn't have the CD's to restore. I think you need the root password for that too.
Should I tell her to take it to a shop to fix it and remove Linux? (we are used to Windows)

Well it depends, if the machine came with recovery disks I guess she would be able to manage to put windows back in alone. Or if someone talked to her over phone or something and told her how to install a pirated copy of Windows (if she doesn't mind pirated). Because all that's going to happen is they will end up charging her a lot of money for a simple reformat and driver install. If she has a OEM machine finding her drivers will be simple.