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Old 05-16-2002, 02:07 PM   #1
rbrooks
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running fsck


Is there any way that I can run fsck on my complete system? I realize that I need to umount the devices that I want to check, but seem to be having problems with this. Everything seems to be in use, and I am the only user. How can I boot to maintenance mode (single user) if this is what I need to do. Realize that this is probably very basic, but I am having problems finding answers to this in the documentation I have. Also, any recs on docs or books that answer many of these "beginner" questions? TIA
 
Old 05-16-2002, 04:30 PM   #2
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Yeah you got it, the best way to fsck your whole system is to boot into single user mode.
 
  


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