fsck and single user mode

powwm · November 16, 2009, 10:15pm

I am working with SCO 5.0.7 and I need to run fsck on the root file system. I understand that filesystems need to be unmounted before running fsck but I cannot unmount the root filesystem because it is always "busy." My question is can I safely run fsck on the root filesystem in single user mode without unmounting it? I need to run fsck because of improper shutdown. The system is automatically booting in single user mode, giving me an inode error, and requesting that I "unmount filesystem and run full fsck."

fpmurphy · November 17, 2009, 10:47am

Strange that an fsck was not automatically run when you rebooted.

Here is the official SCO way to Restore a corrupted root filesystem

edfair · November 17, 2009, 1:31pm

If you have the install media with floppy you can boot with the floppy, at boot: type tools. This will load the OS into memory and allow you to run the fsck /dev/hd0root.