Re: [ILUG-BOM] Fsck

[Dr.Kartik Patel]

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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