Thanx karthik,
firstly how can I dismount the root, if so will I able able to gain back the control.
Can I run fsck on specific directories like
/var, /usr, /home and / ?
can you explain in detail ?
Thanx
Seshan.
"Dr.Kartik Patel" wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Dec 1999, P. R. Seshan wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I want to check my hdd for bad sectors. If I run fsck from root, it
> > gives me a warning message stating that fsck can damage the file system.
> > Can you guys suggest me a better and the right measures for hdd
> > maintenance in Linux ?
>
> You should always run fsck on an unmounted file system.
>
> Kartik
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