Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach (7th Edition)
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What must you do to successfully run the fsck command on a filesystem?
a. Run the fsck command with the -u option to automatically unmount the filesystem
first.
b. Choose yes when warned that running fsck on a mounted filesystem can cause
damage.
c. Unmount the filesystem.
d. Ensure that the filesystem is mounted.
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fsck : stands for file system consistency check . This command-line utility which makes interactive repairs and performs consistency checks in the file systems. It performing consistency check it makes use of programs that are specific to the file system that it checks .
- This check is usually carried out at the boot time or we can run that manually.
- we run fsck when system fail to boot, when there is input and output error and when drive such as SD cards,flash drives are not working.
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