fsck root file system
My system got hard-reset and the root file system (ext2) reports errors
on boot. How can I fsck the root file system?
1. I can't do it after a normal boot, because the root file system is
mounted.
2. I can't do it a simple boot floppy, because fsck isn't on the floppy.
To get fsck, I'd have to mount the file system, but then I can't fsck
it. Even Tom's rtbt doesn't include fsck.
3. I have an old Red Hat 7 install disk with fsck on it, but when I boot
under it, there is no /dev/hda for me to run it on!
Would a Debian install CD work? I always install Debian from a net boot
CD, so I don't have one. What about knoppix? What is the normal way to
deal with this problem?
So that I don't have this problem in the future, I'd like to make my
root file system ext3. Does the stock Debian kernel support this?
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