Re: [newbie] fsck

[Mark]

On Sat, 18 Sep 1999, you wrote:
> Installed Mandrake 6.0 but have file problems.  The program advises
> using 'fsck' without the -a or -p switches.
>     What the heck is fsck and how do I make it work?

fsck is a file system checker.  Log in as root or any user with admin ability
and then go to a terminal emulator (Konsole, xterm, etc). Then type fsck and
enter.  Did it say what file system was corupted?  If it did put that in one
space after fsck (i.e "fsck usr/sbin").

Hope that helps
Mark