[plug] Drive check.

[Brian Tombleson]

Hi All,

How do you check the (IDE) root file system (/) for errors and bad blocks
safely?

e2fsck / fsck say:

$ e2fschk -c -f -v /dev/hda1

    WARNING!!!  Running e2fsck on a mounted filesystem may cause
    SEVERE filesystem damage.

    Do you really want to continue (y/n)?


Not being intimately familiar with the implications of this, I thought I'd
better ask first as the man pages don't mention such risks.

It's mounted in single-user mode also and I get the same warning.

Any hints appreciated.


- Brian.