Performing fsck on non-root filesystem is fairly straight forward. But, for root filesytem, you cannot perform fsck when it is mounted. This quick tutorial explains how to force filesytem check for a root filesystem. Root Filesystem In this example, /dev/sda1 partition is the root filesystem that is mounted as / # df -h Filesystem Size [...]
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