On 2009-04-11 04:35 +0200, Vwaju wrote: > Out of the blue, Debian failed to boot. > > Using debian-live-500-i386-rescue.iso I mounted the root partition / > dev/hda1. > > I would like to examine the partition to find the reason for the > failure. > > I'm guessing I should use fsck. Is this right?
Running fsck is not necessarily a bad idea, but you should only run it on _unmounted_ filesystems. Note that you probably need to run "fsck -f /dev/hda1" to enforce the check. > However, I don't know what options to give it or *what I'm looking > for*. > > The man page is kind of sketchy, and I don't feel encouraged by the > following: > > %fsck /dev/hda1 > fsck 1.41.3 (12-Oct-2008) > e2fsck 1.41.3 (12-Oct-2008) > /dev/hda1 is mounted. > > WARNING!!! Running e2fsck on a mounted file system may cause > SEVERE file system damage. > > Do you really want to continue (y/n)? > > As always, I'm grateful for any guidance you can give. After you have checked the filesystem, you can mount it again and look for other problems. Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
