[CLUE-Tech] file check other than at boot

[Collins Richey]

On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 17:57:57 -0400
Angelo Bertolli <angelo at freeshell.org> wrote:

> Use fsck, but you should unmount the partition which you would like to
> 
> check.  You can remount the partition in read-only mode if need be,
> but I'm not sure if it will allow fsck to actually make any
> corrections to the partition.
> 
> Angelo
> 
> James LaRue wrote:
> 
> > A newbie question. If a Linux box does lock up, and is shut down 
> > uncleanly, a reboot offers to do a file check. What is the command
> > to perform the same file integrity check, as root, from a terminal
> > window?

For such conditions, you really need to get a Knoppix (or other)
emergency CD so that you can mount your root filesystem in read-only
mode to run fsck and perform any other required repairs.

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