computer boot (some times) in emergency mode.

[Doug]

On 02/28/2015 05:36 AM, Angelo Moreschini wrote:
> Hi
>
> I tried with e2fsck -f /dev/sdc1
> but I got the message:
>
> WARNING!!!  The filesystem is mounted.   If you continue you ***WILL***
> cause ***SEVERE*** filesystem damage.
>
> Of curse I didn't continue...
>
> How I have to do this test ?
> Have I to boot the computer using some utility that didn't need the hard disk ?
>
Before you try to run e2fsck on /dev/sdc1, simply give the command:

umount /dev/sdc1

This will unmount the partition, and then you can do a file check without
destroying it. Note that there is only ONE "n" in the umount command!

--doug