> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Sridhar > Dhanapalan > Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 10:21 AM > To: Charles A Edwards; Newbie (E-mail) > Subject: Re: [newbie] fsck > > > On Tue, 14 Aug 2001 23:39, Charles A Edwards wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > Robert MacLean > > > Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 9:16 AM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: [newbie] fsck > > > > > > > > > Hi > > > > > > I had a power problem and my machine reset, and I was prompted to > > > login and use fsck. My question is two fold. What is fsck > (it seems > > > dangerous from the man pages) and secondly what are the > command line > > > options I should use? > > > > > > Robert MacLean > > > > fsck is simple the abbreviation for "filesystem check" and > performs as does > > ScanDisk, only better. > > To run it manually login as root and enter: fsck /dev/hdxx, > replacing the > > xx with the proper identifier for the partition you wish to check. > > DON'T do this on a mounted filesystem! You can corrupt all > your data. Use the > umount command to unmount the filesystem before running an > fsck. Running a > manual fsck is rarely necessary, since the system does it > automatically at > regular intervals anyway. > > -- The procedure I gave, and for which I believe the question conserned, was to be used during boot when the auto fsck is unable to complete and the sysetm request that a manual fsck be run. If run at this time no partition has has yet been mounted so using an unmount command would be pointless and unnecessary. Charles (-:
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