At 6:10 PM -0800 1/24/2010, Jonas Lopez wrote:
Starting up in Safe mode using the Shift key and starting in
<command+S> single user mode you can issue the command to
Note please that Safe Mode and Single User Mode are VERY different.
test the hd partition thusly: </sbin/fsck -fy> the test will proceed
on the system and partition your in, BUT is it possible to command
that the test be done on a different partition (other than the one
your starting up in) and or on a different hd? What would the
command be for this?
The command
man fsck
will provide you with full details.
Disk Utility's Verify Disk and Repair Disk functions are a GUI for
fsck. There is no need to use any non-normal boot to verify any
volume. There is no need to use any non-normal boot to repair any
non-boot volume.
To repair your boot volume, you need to either boot on a different
volume (an OS X DVD or a clone) OR use Single User Mode. If you
choose to do that latter, then the safest way to do things is to run
AppleJack. Let it handle everything - starting the required
ancillary services and running fsck.
- Dan.
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