chdsk

[x-dog]

Is there any form of chdsk on kubuntu and if there is how do I run it

[dibl]

Re: chdsk

The "general" answer is File System Check = fsck

Learn all about about it either with

man fsck

in a console window on your system, or online someplace like this:

http://www.oreillynet.com/linux/cmd/

But the "particular" answer for your ext2/3/4 filesystem is e2fsck, which is also found on the link I gave you. Use the "-pvy" options to fix any errors and see the results.

Note that your selected partition must be un-mounted before you run the check on it. Use a Live CD if you need to check your root filesystem.

[GreyGeek]

Re: chdsk

Did that just yesterday.

Booted a LiveCD.
Opened a Konsole and issued
fdisk -l
to see how my HD device was mapped. (/dev/sda1)
Then I issued

e2fsck -pvy /dev/sda1

If I understand it correctly, fsck is just a front end which selects the specific fs checker. e2fsck bypasses fschk and allows the use of some extra parameters. Windows users are always concerned about fragmentation, and rightly so. When they migrate to Linux they bring that concern with them. e2fsl can also check file fragmentation:

e2fsck -D fragcheck /dev/sda1

That's a fragcheck, NOT a defragmenter. BUT, ext2, ext3 and ext4 are very efficient in their use of hard drive space, and rarely does the fragmentation exceed 4%. So, basically, running fragcheck is a waste of time.