On Sat, 2005-03-12 at 13:25 +0000, Paul wrote: > Hi, > > > Does anybody know anything about Linux disc utility > > programs ? My system with fc3 crashes often specially > > when it goes into standby mode. I want to check > > harddisk to see if there any problem, however I think > > it is more possible that the problem comes from RAM. > > The hard drive is normally checked on boot up. What you can do to force > this is to just switch off and switch back on. When the system boots, it > will inform you of a premature shut down and ask if you want to check > the drive. Say yes then. A better way of doing this is to use the "-F" option of shutdown to shut the system down cleanly and force a filesystem check at reboot. This at least does not compound any possibly already existing damage by doing an unclean shutdown. Paul. -- Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
