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#1 2003-02-13 15:28:06
- jon
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fsck root
how do i check if a root ( / ) filesystem has corruptions? It is reiserfs. I tried using "reiserfsck /dev/hda2" in "single user mode" but it says its mounted.....DUH! How do i check a filesystem if the filesystem needs to be mounted in order to access the "fsck" program???
Can this even be done???
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#2 2003-02-14 07:40:12
- ody
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Re: fsck root
mount -o remount,r /
then try running the check, dont for get to remount back to readwrite with:
mount -o remount,rw /
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#3 2003-02-14 08:27:02
- BluPhoenyx
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Re: fsck root
This brings up the question, why are you testing the file system? Is there a failure at startup? If so, you should set the file system entry in /etc/fstab so the check isn't done as ReiserFS takes care of this under normal circumstances. ie, set the 'pass' value (last number entry) to zero.
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#4 2003-02-14 12:06:55
- jon
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Re: fsck root
the reason i am testing the filesystem is..... i just like to know for the sake of knowing.....just in case. 
PS: Reiserfs and Arch havent failed me so far... :-)
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#5 2003-02-15 00:52:46
- BluPhoenyx
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Re: fsck root
I used Reiserfs for quite a while before switching to the ext3. I like the fact that I can stil access the ext3 without special filesystem support. Ext3 is still the ext2 just with a journal, very much like Reiserfs.
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