How to check HDD's for filesystem error's

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Andy Horn
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How to check HDD's for filesystem error's

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When I SSH into my server I get this message:

*** /dev/sdc1 will be checked for errors at next reboot ***
*** /dev/sdb1 will be checked for errors at next reboot ***

Yet when I have rebooted I still get the same message, is there a way to check for error's while the server is running, Synaptic package manager doesn't work as it is a 12.04LTS install.

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Re: How to check HDD's for filesystem error's

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Hi Andy,

This seems to be a feature in 12.04. Try the following:

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sudo touch /forcefsck

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sudo shutdown -r now
Does that help?

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Re: How to check HDD's for filesystem error's

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Hi Ian.

Erm in a word no.

But I fixed by following this link. post 9.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1769477

Ignore this line

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sudo vi /etc/fastab
as it should read:

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sudo vi /etc/fstab
or what I did:

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sudo vim /etc/fstab
Worked like a charm.

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Re: How to check HDD's for filesystem error's

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Ah ok. Glad you got it sorted :thumbup:

Ian.
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