The Knoppix CD has fsck for "every" FS, btw.
]]>I have Damn Small Linux, but it doesn't come with reiserfsck
i believe knoppix does.
]]>At any rate, I'd prefer to keep reboots to a minimum...
Edit: thanks for the instructions, Lucke, but that doesn't do a danged thing on my system... :?
]]>then you can explicitly mount read only, all partitions. similar syntax to Fubars post. mount -o ro ../../../dev/hdXY /mnt/hdXY
where X is your drive and Y your partition number.
Lucke: thanks, I'll try that...
]]>Don't know how easily achievable is it with mere mount commands.
]]>mount -n -o remount,rw blabla blabla
Try
mount -n -o remount,ro blabla blabla
(Just a suggestion )