fsck and ext3

perry · 05-13-2004, 01:54 PM

does anyone know if fsck is good for ext3 ?

it looks a bit dangerous, i want it to check and see if it can automatically fix the size descrepancy i've been having ever since i resized the /usr partition....

anyone out there have an idea on how to correct this or if fsck is the right tool for the job,

i dont want to be hap-hazardly using something that'll destroy what i got here

thanks

- perry

TheOther1 · 05-13-2004, 02:04 PM

It's safe unless you answer a question wrong:

umount /path/to/device
fsck -t ext3 /dev/whatever

I just ran it on one of my devices:

-(~:#)-> fsck -t ext3 /dev/hdb1
fsck 1.32 (09-Nov-2002)
e2fsck 1.32 (09-Nov-2002)
/dev/hdb1: clean, 18/2698080 files, 2335781/5386492 blocks
-(~:#)->