[SunHELP] fsck
David Rouse
sunhelp at sunhelp.org
Thu Aug 9 20:50:03 CDT 2001
On Thursday, August 9, 2001, at 01:19 AM, Sangbutsarakum, Patai wrote:
> So, how can I do, can I do fsck on root,/usr file system ??
>
From 'man fsck'
WARNINGS
The operating system buffers file system data. Running fsck
on a mounted file system can cause the operating system's
buffers to become out of date with respect to the disk. For
this reason, the file system should be unmounted when fsck
is used. If this is not possible, care should be taken that
the system is quiescent and that it is rebooted immediately
after fsck is run. Quite often, however, this will not be
sufficient. A panic will probably occur if running fsck
on a file system modifies the file system.
So, just so it from single-user and then reboot.
You could also, theoretically, boot from a Soalris install CD and use
the CD's fsck.
--
David Rouse
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