Checking the integrity of the file system

[Rahul]

Gene Heskett wrote:
> Paul Smith wrote:
>> On 7/14/06, Eric Donkersloot <eric.donkersloot at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> You could boot the system in single user mode and check the file system
>>> manually or you could reboot the machine with 'shutdown -rF now'
>>
>> Thanks, Eric. I have just run the command 'shutdown -rF now'. How can
>> I now check whether my file system is not corrupted? The point is that
>> I do not see the result of  'shutdown -rF now'...
>>
>> Paul
>>
> Thats a root only command for starters, and it should have made the 
> machine reboot, during which the fsck on the file systems would have 
> been done, however you may have to edit /boot/grub/grub.conf to remove 
> the 'rhgb' from the kernels boot command line before you would see 
> anything because it would otherwise be hid behind a graphic and all you 
> would see is a longer bootup time.  rhgb is the work of somebody trying 
> to make it more like a (spit) windows experience.  Its a bad idea.  We 
> want to KNOW what its doing while booting.
> 

RHGB falls back to text mode on any warnings or error messages including 
fsck process. So your comment is misleading.

Rahul