On Tuesday 16 September 2003 08:53 pm, Matthew J. Probst wrote: > Typically the fs is mounted read-only while its being checked... Read > only in the sense that the os can't write to the partition, but fsck > *can* write and fix errors on the device. > > Then once the check is finished you re-mount it to read-write mode. > > mount /dev/hda1 / -o remount,rw > > -matt
If I try this, this happens: # mount -t ext3 /dev/hda9 /home -o remount,ro mount: /home is busy Same for / Boot lets me remount it ro, but fsck still warns me the filesystem could be severely damaged. Is it ok to just ignore that? thanx, -James Nickerson > On Tue, 16 Sep 2003, James Nickerson wrote: > > How bad is it to fsck mounted partitions? If it's bad, how then do you > > fsck the root partition? I assume that's what it does when you tell it > > to fix filesystem errors after a scan on bootup, but how to make it do > > that at will? thanks, > > James > > > > _______________________________________________ > > newbies mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies > > _______________________________________________ > newbies mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies
