[NTLUG:Discuss] fsck while the system is running
Bug Hunter
bughuntr at one.ctelcom.net
Tue Jan 25 15:48:39 CST 2000
If you want to turn your system into swiss cheese, go ahead.
I would recommend logging in as root, and executing
telinit 1
to bring the system to single user mode. fsck could be run safely at
that point. after finishing, run
telinit 3
to get it back to multiuser mode. If you autoboot into X, I believe it
is telinit 5.
On Tue, 25 Jan 2000, J. Reeves Hall wrote:
> Is it possible to run fsck (and make changes) on an ext2 partition
> without shutting down? I suspect some inode corruption, but I don't want
> to bring the server down.
>
> Thanks!
> -Reeves
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