Yes, you can run an fsck on the box by typing "shutdown -F -r now" and you can do it while logged on using ssh or telnet. This forces an fsck after a reboot However, if fsck finds a problem it will prompt you to type the root passwd and run fsck manually. If that happens someone has to be at the console to run it manually use "e2fsck -y /dev/hdax" x= the name of the partition with problems, use (sdax for scsi drives, you might get a message stating that the partiition is mounted you have to unmount it before running the fsck & you could use fdisk -l the get a list of the parttions.
You will not have to run it manually unless there is major corruption on the drive. I use it all the time and I've never had to run it manually. Good luck! --RICO On Thu, 2002-01-24 at 12:34, Jonathan M. Slivko wrote: > Hello all, > > I was wondering, is it possible to manually fsck a machine if > you are not at console to actually take the machine down and do the fsck > yourself? The reason I ask is because I need to fsck a machine that I > have in a collocation facility, which is several states away from me. I > was wondering if there is any way to do that without having to ask the > co-location people to do it for me and to bill me for it as an > additional service. I eagerly await your responses. > > -- Jonathan > > -- > H | "Life is the art of drawing without an eraser." - John Gardner > +-------------------------------------------------------------------- > Jonathan M. Slivko <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> . 877.211.7842 > Director of Internet Operations / SysAdmin . 877.211.7842 > Voyager Internet Services . Post Office Box 250167 > http://www.voyageri.net ... . . . New York, NY 10027, U.S.A. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
