Re: e2fsck w/out boot?
On Tue, 24 Aug 1999, Ralph Winslow wrote:
> Having got to single user mode (as root, BTW), umount the slice that
> you want to run e2fsk on before you e2fsk it. To be really safe. when
> you do the / filesystem, reboot from diskette first.
It isn't necessary to do that. If you remount it read-only (which is why
you go to single user mode) then it is every bit as safe as rebooting from
a floppy but much less hassle.
If you're not doing / or /usr you haven't even got to go to single user
mode. Just unmount the relevant partition.
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