RE: fsck

Thanx....do I just run this command as root from the command line?

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[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Charith Perera
Sent: 20 January 2005 16:26
To: Discussion of Red Hat Linux 7.3 (Valhalla)
Subject: Re: fsck


>From what I remember it usually tells you what options to give fsck.=20
>Otherwise
try 'fsck -A'. This will read the /etc/fstab file and check all the=20
filesystems. The man page isn't complicated, so read through it first.=20
Running 'fsck -Ar' will prompt you if any repairs are to be done.


Charith.


On Thursday 20 January 2005 7:55 am, Harry Hambi wrote:
> Hi All,
> Can someone please advise on runnig FSCK (its my first time don't want

> to mess up), the power failed on my linux 5.2 kernel 2.0.36.after the=20
> power came back it started booting then stopped......message says give

> su passwd for maintenance or press ctrl-d to exit...... Appreciate any

> help you give.....please go gentle with me never used FSCK before.
>
> Rgds.
>
> Harry
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