Scandisk under linux?

kevingpo · 07-05-2005, 09:59 AM

How can one upgrade his e2fsck easily? Is there a RPM?

PTrenholme · 07-05-2005, 10:51 AM

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Originally posted by kevingpo
How can one upgrade his e2fsck easily? Is there a RPM?

Take a look at this for a discussion, but the latest version is 1.37, and that should be the one you have if you've kept your system up to date. Use

Code:

$ /sbin/e2fsck -V

to see what version you have installed.

Take a look at man e2fsck and the suggested programs at the end (like tune2fs) for other help with ext2 (or ext3) problems.

kevingpo · 07-05-2005, 05:00 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by PTrenholme
Take a look at this for a discussion, but the latest version is 1.37, and that should be the one you have if you've kept your system up to date. Use

Code:

$ /sbin/e2fsck -V

to see what version you have installed.

Take a look at man e2fsck and the suggested programs at the end (like tune2fs) for other help with ext2 (or ext3) problems.

Wow, tune2fs, dunno how to use.

I used /sbin/e2fsck -V and I got version 1.36. This was after a yum update e2fsprogs???

kevingpo · 07-05-2005, 05:05 PM

Also, is there any of these powerful unix utilities for scanning FAT32 or NTFS partitions?

Noth · 07-05-2005, 06:26 PM

There is dosfsck for FAT, but I don't think there's anything for NTFS and even if there is I wouldn't trust them.

PTrenholme · 07-06-2005, 10:39 AM

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Originally posted by kevingpo
Wow, tune2fs, dunno how to use.

I used /sbin/e2fsck -V and I got version 1.36. This was after a yum update e2fsprogs???

I don't know if this would help, but I always prefer to do a "yum upgrade" rather than a simple update.

As to tum2fs, try man tun2fs for instructions. (I've never used it, so I can't offer more than that.)

I concur with Noth's comment re NTFS: If you want to "muck" with NTFS, use the Windows OS, not Linux. If you arn't using Windows, copy the NTFS file systems into you ext3 systems, delete the NTFS partition, and reuse it. Remember: NTFS is a proprietary, copyrighted, file system, and support is (deliberately) only really available from MS.