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fsck: Options for most thorough disk check

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Mar 15, 202645923 views
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Problem

I've got a disk with a known problem (I know because dd gags when I try to clone it). But when I boot with a live CD and run fsck on the unmounted partition, I get this: a millisecond later. It's hard to believe it's checked out the entire hard drive in a ms. I'm also not certain whether I should b…

Error Output

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo fsck /dev/sdf1
fsck 1.41.4 (27-Jan-2009)
e2fsck 1.41.4 (27-Jan-2009)
/dev/sdf1: clean, 227091/9625600 files, 12789815/38497756 …

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Fix for: fsck: Options for most thorough disk check

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First off, you're right about running fsck on the partition - fsck only works on filesystems, not entire disks. You can get a list of all partitions on the disk with . You're filesystem type is probably ext3 (the default in most Linux distros), whic…

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