How to run fsck

Sam · #1 10-07-2007, 04:41 PM

Hey guys,

ive been playing around with a test box in my house (CentOS 4.5)

and i want to see what fsck does etc

Can anyone tell me how to run one safely?

Thanks

slapshotw · #2 10-07-2007, 05:37 PM

http://www.adminschoice.com/docs/fsck.htm

vtrain · #3 10-07-2007, 05:41 PM

fsck should be run on a partition that is not mounted. Where do you want to run fsck ? if it's on the root "/" partition you should boot your box in single mode . If you want to run fsck in a partition like /home or other that you can dismount without a special boot then just umount /home and then you may run fsck with no problem.

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slapshotw · #4 10-07-2007, 06:01 PM

His answer was much better than mine!

vtrain · #5 10-07-2007, 06:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by slapshotw

His answer was much better than mine!

My background is more sysadmin like while yours is more web developer / web designer like. I'm sure my answers about those subjects will be much worse then yours

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Sam · #6 10-08-2007, 10:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vtrain

fsck should be run on a partition that is not mounted. Where do you want to run fsck ? if it's on the root "/" partition you should boot your box in single mode . If you want to run fsck in a partition like /home or other that you can dismount without a special boot then just umount /home and then you may run fsck with no problem.

Vtrain

Cool. thanks i will give it ago