Linux disc utility program

[Paul Howarth]

On Sat, 2005-03-12 at 13:25 +0000, Paul wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> > Does anybody know anything about Linux disc utility
> > programs ? My system with fc3 crashes often specially
> > when it goes into standby mode. I want to check
> > harddisk to see if there any problem, however I think
> > it is more possible that the problem comes from RAM. 
> 
> The hard drive is normally checked on boot up. What you can do to force
> this is to just switch off and switch back on. When the system boots, it
> will inform you of a premature shut down and ask if you want to check
> the drive. Say yes then.

A better way of doing this is to use the "-F" option of shutdown to shut
the system down cleanly and force a filesystem check at reboot. This at
least does not compound any possibly already existing damage by doing an
unclean shutdown.

Paul.
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Paul Howarth <paul at city-fan.org>