On Fri, 2006-07-14 at 15:43 +0100, Paul Smith wrote: > On 7/14/06, Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >> You could boot the system in single user mode and check the file system > > >> manually or you could reboot the machine with 'shutdown -rF now' > > > > > > Thanks, Eric. I have just run the command 'shutdown -rF now'. How can > > > I now check whether my file system is not corrupted? The point is that > > > I do not see the result of 'shutdown -rF now'... > > > > > Thats a root only command for starters, and it should have made the > > machine reboot, during which the fsck on the file systems would have > > been done, however you may have to edit /boot/grub/grub.conf to remove > > the 'rhgb' from the kernels boot command line before you would see > > anything because it would otherwise be hid behind a graphic and all you > > would see is a longer bootup time. rhgb is the work of somebody trying > > to make it more like a (spit) windows experience. Its a bad idea. We > > want to KNOW what its doing while booting. > > Thanks, Gene and Rick. I did see the checking to the file system, at > boot stage, but I did *not* see any message with the result of the > checking process. > > Paul > This is a case where no news is good news. If there was something wrong with the fsck messages would have been obvious. -- ======================================================================= Absence makes the heart grow fonder -- of somebody else. ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list