Re: how to check root file system?
On 2009-09-14 03:43 +0200, Ron Johnson wrote: On 2009-09-13 18:33, Steve Reilly wrote: Long Wind wrote: I use etch, which resides at /dev/sda4 how to check /dev/sda4 for errors? fsck /dev/yourdevice You can't fsck a mounted fs, and / is most certainly mounted. True. Using a Live CD is the safest route... No need to fiddle with that, shutdown -Fr now should do the trick. Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: how to check root file system?
On 2009-09-14 01:32, Sven Joachim wrote: On 2009-09-14 03:43 +0200, Ron Johnson wrote: [snip] Using a Live CD is the safest route... No need to fiddle with that, shutdown -Fr now should do the trick. But the boot continues. Probably just a personal foible, but I like to be able to do the fsck from a full-featured environment and not have to worry about anything else happening after the fsck completes. -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA If God had wanted man to play soccer, he wouldn't have given us arms. Mike Ditka -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: how to check root file system?
Tim Tebbit wrote: Long Wind wrote: I use etch, which resides at /dev/sda4 how to check /dev/sda4 for errors? fsck from liveCD or shutdown -rF which will fsck on its way back up. Or $ touch /forcefsck reboot Are you experiencing errors? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org -- m.Pcy Mel. p...@laposte.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: how to check root file system?
Long Wind wrote: I use etch, which resides at /dev/sda4 how to check /dev/sda4 for errors? fsck from liveCD or shutdown -rF which will fsck on its way back up. Are you experiencing errors? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: how to check root file system?
Long Wind wrote: I use etch, which resides at /dev/sda4 how to check /dev/sda4 for errors? fsck /dev/yourdevice -- Steve Reilly -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: how to check root file system?
On 2009-09-13 18:33, Steve Reilly wrote: Long Wind wrote: I use etch, which resides at /dev/sda4 how to check /dev/sda4 for errors? fsck /dev/yourdevice You can't fsck a mounted fs, and / is most certainly mounted. Using a Live CD is the safest route... -- Brawndo's got what plants crave. It's got electrolytes! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
