Re: run extensive check on root filesys?

[SainTiss <saintiss gmx net>]

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Actually, I did think about a rescue disk, but the only one I've got is toms 
root and boot disk, and since it's dated june 2001, I'm not sure whether the 
e2fsck on it can handle ext3 filesystems

Hans

On Wednesday 30 January 2002 13:12, you wrote:
> On 2002-01-30, SainTiss wrote:
> :I'd like to run an extensive check (fsck or e2fsck) on my root filesystem,
> :but I can't do that when it's mounted... What's the best way of achieving
> :this?
>
> Don't know about the "best" way, but you can do something like this
> to force an fs check at boot-time (if you're too lazy to use a
> rescue disk):
>
>  # su -l root
>  # touch /forcefsck
>  # reboot
>
>
>
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