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Old 11-17-2009
fsck and single user mode
I am working with SCO 5.0.7 and I need to run fsck on the root file system. I understand that filesystems need to be unmounted before running fsck but I cannot unmount the root filesystem because it is always "busy." My question is can I safely run fsck on the root filesystem in single user mode without unmounting it? I need to run fsck because of improper shutdown. The system is automatically booting in single user mode, giving me an inode error, and requesting that I "unmount filesystem and run full fsck."
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Old 11-17-2009
Strange that an fsck was not automatically run when you rebooted.

Here is the official SCO way to Restore a corrupted root filesystem
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Old 11-17-2009
If you have the install media with floppy you can boot with the floppy, at boot: type tools. This will load the OS into memory and allow you to run the fsck /dev/hd0root.
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