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Old 12-21-2011, 10:40 PM   #1
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How to perform CheckDisk(chkdsk) function in RedHat Linux as we do in windows to check any bad sectors present in hard disk and if present how to fix it automatically?
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Here you go http://linux.die.net/man/8/fsck. Note that Linux will fsck on boot (after x num of reboots or always).
You can manually fsck an fs after booting up, but NOT a mounted fs (which also means root partition '/' can only be fsck'd during boot).
 
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