--- Joel Hammer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I would like to run fsck on my root directory without having to
> reboot.
> Could someone tell me if this is possible and if so, how do do it?
Sure its possible. (re)Booting has really no relationship to running
fsck. Remount / as readonly:
mount -o ro,remount /
THen run the fsck as normal. When done, remount / as read-write:
mount -o rw,remount /
ANd you're done.
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