Re: How to fsck read-only-mounted root filesystem?

[Simon Matter <simon.matter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dan Hollis schrieb:
> 
> How can one xfs_check/xfs_repair a root filesystem?

Boot from a bootable CD and perform the repair on the unmounted
filesystem.
Have a look at this http://lbt.linuxcare.com/index.epl

HTH.
-Simon

> 
> If you try this, even from singleuser mode where / is mounted read-only,
> the utilities whinge about the filesystem being mounted, and refuse to
> touch the disk at all.
> 
> I have an xfs filesystem with some corruption from (I think) bad dma.
> There's some directories which xfs won't let me remove. And with no way
> to repair the filesystem :-( :-( this sux.
> 
> Seems to me that repairing a read-only mounted filesystem should be
> allowed?!? e2fsck allows it.
> 
> -Dan
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