From: jem@sunSITE.unc.edu (Jonathan Magid) Subject: Re: EXT2FS FAQ (Was Re: A ton of questions) Date: Sat, 3 Apr 1993 20:40:48 GMT
In article <marcf.733864106@yorku.ca> marcf@nexus.yorku.ca (Marc G Fournier) writes:
>
> What is the best way to do an (e2)fsck on the root file system?
>my understanding is that the best way to do it on any file system is unmounted,
>but of course you can't unmount the root file system :)
>
Get one of the bootable rootdisks (on tsx-11 or sunsite /pub/[lL]inux/GCC,
and boot from it.
then mount what would normally be your root partition and fsck it.
enjoy,
jem.