linux "scandisk" equivalent

snow · 12-26-2002, 03:56 PM

ditto

had some bad blocks while installing-- just wanna make sure everything is ok

trickykid · 12-26-2002, 04:08 PM

Would you be referring to fsck if your wanting to run a scan on your system in Linux ??

snow · 12-26-2002, 04:58 PM

what version would I use for ext3? I read some warning about fsck, is there a greater chance of system damage than w/ using windows scandisk, or is it about the same?

peter_robb · 12-27-2002, 10:38 AM

There are plenty of warnings about using it with mounted file systems when you start it due to the possibility of another process writing during scanning.
I usually use my boot disk (yes, I actually made one) or the install cd's and "linux rescue" to get a shell.
Then fsck the partition. I won't use the automatic function.