[Quote repaired]
On Wed, 05 Dec 2001 07:39:25 -0500, Jesse W. Asher wrote:
>Dan Hollis wrote:
>
>>How can one xfs_check/xfs_repair a root filesystem?
>>
>>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.
>
>You have to remount it on the fly. Look at the man page for "mount" and
>look at the remount option. You should be able to do something like
>"mount -o remount,rw /" or some such. I'm not sure this is the exact
>syntax, but you should be able to figure it out.....
I guess you should have another look at the original message -- your answer
simply does not apply to Dan's question.
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