Don't mount the drive if you're going to fsck it.


On Sat, 17 Oct 1998, Joe Laffey wrote:

> I'm trying to fsck a mounted drive. I first do:
> mount -ur /dev/sd1g /slash/usr
> 
> That works.
> 
> Then I try:
> fsck -f /dev/sd1g
> 
> and I get :
> fsck: cannot open `/dev/sd1g': Device busy
> 
> I don't believe that I have any open files on that filesystem.
> 
> Ideas?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Joe Laffey
> LAFFEY Computer Imaging
> St. Louis, MO
> http://www.laffeycomputer.com
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