[Ubuntu]Repair file system error

Last update on October 21, 2009 11:12 AM by jak58
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[Ubuntu]Repair file system error







In the case that you have installed Ubuntu Linux on your PC and on the partition /dev/sdaX. If it happened that the file system is damaged , it is possible to repair it.

Boot with the installation CD of Ubuntu:
select test Ubuntu
Use command line:

$ sudo fsck.ext3 -f /dev/sdaX

Any error found should be repaired.

Note that you can ask the system to check the file system at next reboot by typing:

sudo touch /forcefsck
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