Hey, what's the equivelant to ScanDisk on linux?

Hackeron · Guru Joined: 01 Nov 2002 Posts: 307

Hey, what's the equivelant to ScanDisk on linux?.. my gentoo crashed when starting gdm for some reason and when I run vim I get loads of errors with vim-info and my XF86Config file is currupt, other files might be currupt to.. so I really need to scan disk the system.

vers_iq · Apprentice Joined: 18 May 2002 Posts: 264

didnt you read anything about linux, for a start try fsck.

Servo · n00b Joined: 03 Nov 2002 Posts: 2 Location: St. Louis, MO

Actually, in your case, I'd just reinstall the whole XF86 structure. It'd be a lot easier than trying to fix everything, and your screwed if anything's corrupted, anyway.

But..

Like vers_iq said, it's fsck. Do a 'man fsck', and be enlightened.
Just in case you don't have man, it's "fsck /dev/*", or "e2fsck /dev/*" if you have ext2. Not sure if there's a different procedure for ext3 or reiser.

IvanHoe · l33t Joined: 05 Oct 2002 Posts: 658

phong · Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2002 8:34 pm Post subject:

Since the question's been answered, I'm locking this thread before it gets any warmer in here. For future reference, it is a good idea to check out documentation, FAQs and do a search (here and on google) before asking a question - though most people here don't object to helping a n00b out.
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