[NTLUG:Discuss] fsck while the system is running

[Ian Alexander]

I believe you'll have to unmount the filesystem in question (assuming it's
not the root) before you run e2fsck on it.  You won't have to shutdown (ie
poweroff / reboot) but you will probably have 'init 1' to enter single
user mode (or, if you have redhat, issue a '/etc/rc.d/init.d/network
stop').  Otherwise, you run the risk of other users writing to the very
filesystem you're trying to check (not a good idea).  Correct me if I'm
wrong.

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On Tue, 25 Jan 2000, J. Reeves Hall wrote:

> Is it possible to run fsck (and make changes) on an ext2 partition
> without shutting down? I suspect some inode corruption, but I don't want
> to bring the server down.
> 
> Thanks!
> -Reeves
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> J. Reeves Hall, Georgia Tech CS Major
> Linux #3 SMP Sat Dec 4 02:21:17 EST 1999
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