Checking the integrity of the file system

[Gene Heskett]

Paul Smith wrote:
> On 7/14/06, Gene Heskett <gene.heskett at verizon.net> wrote:
>> >> You could boot the system in single user mode and check the file 
>> system
>> >> manually or you could reboot the machine with 'shutdown -rF now'
>> >
>> > Thanks, Eric. I have just run the command 'shutdown -rF now'. How can
>> > I now check whether my file system is not corrupted? The point is that
>> > I do not see the result of  'shutdown -rF now'...
>> >
>> Thats a root only command for starters, and it should have made the
>> machine reboot, during which the fsck on the file systems would have
>> been done, however you may have to edit /boot/grub/grub.conf to remove
>> the 'rhgb' from the kernels boot command line before you would see
>> anything because it would otherwise be hid behind a graphic and all you
>> would see is a longer bootup time.  rhgb is the work of somebody trying
>> to make it more like a (spit) windows experience.  Its a bad idea.  We
>> want to KNOW what its doing while booting.
> 
> Thanks, Gene and Rick. I did see the checking to the file system, at
> boot stage, but I did *not* see any message with the result of the
> checking process.
> 
> Paul
> 
Then I'd normally expect it was ok, since otherwise it would have 
dropped you into a minimal shell so you could fix it.

-- 
Cheers, Gene