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Old 06-10-2006, 09:50 AM   #1
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force filesystem check

so im getting a nullpointerexception when a program is trying to write to the disk... is there a way to force fedora to do a fsck when it boots?
 
Old 06-10-2006, 10:15 AM   #2
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Hi,

As root:

touch /forcefsck

Then reboot. If all is well partitions will be checked.

Most distro's recognize this.

Hope this helps.
 
Old 06-10-2006, 04:06 PM   #3
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I always use:

shutdown -Fr now
 
  


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