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. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan. "There are two major products that come from Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence." -- Jeremy S. Anderson
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