fsck.minix(8) — Linux manual page

NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | WARNING | OPTIONS | DIAGNOSTICS | EXIT STATUS | AUTHORS | SEE ALSO | REPORTING BUGS | AVAILABILITY

FSCK.MINIX(8)             System Administration            FSCK.MINIX(8)

NAME         top

       fsck.minix - check consistency of Minix filesystem

SYNOPSIS         top

       fsck.minix [options] device

DESCRIPTION         top

       fsck.minix performs a consistency check for the Linux MINIX
       filesystem.

       The program assumes the filesystem is quiescent. fsck.minix
       should not be used on a mounted device unless you can be sure
       nobody is writing to it. Remember that the kernel can write to
       device when it searches for files.

       The device name will usually have the following form:

          ┌───────────────┬─────────────┐
          │               │             │
          │/dev/hda[1-63] │ IDE disk 1  │
          ├───────────────┼─────────────┤
          │               │             │
          │/dev/hdb[1-63] │ IDE disk 2  │
          ├───────────────┼─────────────┤
          │               │             │
          │/dev/sda[1-15] │ SCSI disk 1 │
          ├───────────────┼─────────────┤
          │               │             │
          │/dev/sdb[1-15] │ SCSI disk 2 │
          └───────────────┴─────────────┘

       If the filesystem was changed, i.e., repaired, then
       fsck.minix will print "FILE SYSTEM HAS BEEN CHANGED" and
       will sync(2) three times before exiting. There is no need
       to reboot after check.

WARNING         top

       fsck.minix should not be used on a mounted filesystem.
       Using fsck.minix on a mounted filesystem is very dangerous,
       due to the possibility that deleted files are still in use,
       and can seriously damage a perfectly good filesystem! If
       you absolutely have to run fsck.minix on a mounted
       filesystem, such as the root filesystem, make sure nothing
       is writing to the disk, and that no files are "zombies"
       waiting for deletion.

OPTIONS         top

       -l, --list
           List all filenames.

       -r, --repair
           Perform interactive repairs.

       -a, --auto
           Perform automatic repairs. This option implies --repair
           and serves to answer all of the questions asked with
           the default. Note that this can be extremely dangerous
           in the case of extensive filesystem damage.

       -v, --verbose
           Be verbose.

       -s, --super
           Output super-block information.

       -m, --uncleared
           Activate MINIX-like "mode not cleared" warnings.

       -f, --force
           Force a filesystem check even if the filesystem was
           marked as valid. Marking is done by the kernel when the
           filesystem is unmounted.

       -h, --help
           Display help text and exit.

       -V, --version
           Print version and exit.

DIAGNOSTICS         top

       There are numerous diagnostic messages. The ones mentioned
       here are the most commonly seen in normal usage.

       If the device does not exist, fsck.minix will print "unable
       to read super block". If the device exists, but is not a
       MINIX filesystem, fsck.minix will print "bad magic number
       in super-block".

EXIT STATUS         top

       The exit status returned by fsck.minix is the sum of the
       following:

       0
           No errors

       3
           Filesystem errors corrected, system should be rebooted
           if filesystem was mounted

       4
           Filesystem errors left uncorrected

       7
           Combination of exit statuses 3 and 4

       8
           Operational error

       16
           Usage or syntax error

AUTHORS         top

       Linus Torvalds <torvalds@cs.helsinki.fi>. Exit status
       values by Rik Faith <faith@cs.unc.edu> Added support for
       filesystem valid flag: Dr. Wettstein
       <greg%wind.uucp@plains.nodak.edu>. Check to prevent fsck of
       mounted filesystem added by Daniel Quinlan
       <quinlan@yggdrasil.com>. Minix v2 fs support by Andreas
       Schwab <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>, updated
       by Nicolai Langfeldt <janl@math.uio.no>. Portability patch
       by Russell King <rmk@ecs.soton.ac.uk>.

SEE ALSO         top

       fsck(8), fsck.ext2(8), mkfs(8), mkfs.ext2(8),
       mkfs.minix(8), reboot(8)

REPORTING BUGS         top

       For bug reports, use the issue tracker at
       https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/issues.

AVAILABILITY         top

       The fsck.minix command is part of the util-linux package
       which can be downloaded from Linux Kernel Archive
       <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/>. This
       page is part of the util-linux (a random collection of
       Linux utilities) project. Information about the project can
       be found at 
       ⟨https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/⟩. If you
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       util-linux@vger.kernel.org. This page was obtained from the
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       ⟨git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/util-linux/util-linux.git⟩
       on 2022-12-17. (At that time, the date of the most recent
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util-linux 2.38.643-57df0      2022-12-17                  FSCK.MINIX(8)

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