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Perform bad blocks scan on root partition in Linux
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Mar 15, 20269855 viewsConfidence Score0%
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My root partition is formatted as ext3 and I would like to perform a bad blocks scan on it. Normally e2fsck -c -c does this, but you can not run it on a mounted partition. I know it is possible to force a fsck to run at boot by creating the file /forcefsck but is it possible to specify that it shou…
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See Can I run fsck or e2fsck when Linux file system is mounted?, which notes that running any fsck on a mounted filesystem can result in disk or data corruption. It suggests the following solutions: A. Take down system to single user mode, unmount s…
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