1. Filesystems, Disks and Memory

Once in a while, I would think it advisable to run fsck -y to check the disk. Should I sign in as su or sudo? What is the difference and which is preferred? Thank you in Advance! (4 Replies)

2. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Hi, I'm running Red Hat 7.1 on an intel. After re-booting from a system crash, I am probpted to run fsck to repair filesystems manually with no options. For example, /: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY. (ie without -a or -p options) **Dropping you into a shell. ... (2 Replies)

3. Solaris

OS: Solaris 5.8 Everytime I run fsck -y I get: FILE SYSTEM STATE IN SUPERBLOCK IS WRONG; FIX? yes Do I need to run fsck with the backup superblock option or is there some other option I should use. I have tried the format->analyze->read option but that does not report any corrupt blocks.... (5 Replies)

4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I want to use fsck to check and repair my linux system. When I use this command, what do I need to pay attention to or what should I do to make job running successfully. Thanks for your inputs for a newbie. (3 Replies)

5. Solaris

Hi, Can anybody tell me that is it the command "fsck" can be run by the root account only? Thanks. (2 Replies)

6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

hy guys I got a ques I cant acess root, i tried to fsck it, but gets errors to read file systems. What steps do you take to recover the host before you see if there is any data corruption on the root drive? Regards Charneet (1 Reply)

7. Solaris

Hello I am getting this in dmesg: /mount1: unexpected free inode 1262865, run fsck(1M) -o f What are the options I should use with fsck? thanks (2 Replies)

8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

i want to know what does it mean by doing a consistentcy check fsck on a disk and why journaling filesystems dont need to do it and what is meant by disk is in a consistent state when writing because entries are recorded in a journal and then to the metadata and then removed from journal (1 Reply)

9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hello I own a SPARC Ultra 10 workstation (standalone) and when issuing the fsck command I get the following output on fs C0t0d0s7: Phase 1 (checks blocks and sizes): dada warning: /pci@lf;0/pci@1, 1/ide@3/dad@0,0(dad1): ATA Transport failed:reason, `incomplete'> Uncorrectable data... (2 Replies)

10. Solaris

What can I fix this issue? I have ran below commands but everything is same.:confused: WARNING: Last shutdown is later than time on time-of-day chip: check date. The / file system (/dev/rdsk/c1t0d0s0) is being checked WARNING - unable to repair the / filesystem. Run fsck manually (fsck -F... (4 Replies)