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running fsck on reboot

24-Nov-09

The -F option force fsck on reboot, login as root and type the following command to reboot and run fsck:
# shutdown -rF now
-F Force fsck on reboot.
-r Reboot after shutdown.
-k Don’t really shutdown; only send the warning messages to everybody.
or
Login as user root and create a file called forcefsck:
# touch /forcefsck
Now reboot [...]