How do I run fsck? RedHat 9

PionexUser · 09-04-2003, 05:19 PM

I thought this was it but I was wrong
/sbin/fsck /dev/hda*
That doesn't scan it just shows info.

Mara · 09-04-2003, 05:23 PM

/sbin/fsck /dev/hda

PionexUser · 09-04-2003, 05:30 PM

that doesn't RUN it.....................

I need to scan /dev/hda2!!!!
and all that does is show some info in like .3 sec

trickykid · 09-04-2003, 05:39 PM

man fsck - as always, the man pages always have the answer..

Code:

-a     Automatically  repair  the  file system without any 
questions (use this  option  with caution).  Note that  e2fsck(8)  
supports -a for backwards compati_bility only.  This option is 
mapped to e2fsck's  -p option  which  is safe to use, unlike the -a 
option that most file system checkers support.

-r     Interactively repair the filesystem (ask for  con_firmations). 
Note:  It is generally a bad idea to use this option if multiple 
fsck's are being run in parallel.  Also note that this is e2fsck's 
default behavior; it supports  this  option  for backwards 
compatibility reasons only.

BajaNick · 09-04-2003, 06:35 PM

Be careful if you try to run it, I have tried and i get a message saying that it is not necessary and dangerous. I beleive it is ran automatically at bootup anyway.

joseph · 09-05-2003, 02:11 AM

yes, it is ran automatically at boot up if found any error in your HD