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

NAME
       fsck.minix - check consistency of Minix filesystem

SYNOPSIS
       fsck.minix [options] device

DESCRIPTION
       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  CHANGED" and will sync(2) three times before
       exiting.	 There is no need to reboot after check.

WARNING
       fsck.minix  should  not	be  used  on  a	 mounted  filesystem.	 Using
       fsck.minix on a mounted filesystem is very dangerous, due to the possi‐
       bility 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 dele‐
       tion.

OPTIONS
       -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	exten‐
	      sive 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.

       -V, --version
	      Display version information and exit.

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

DIAGNOSTICS
       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 CODES
       The exit code 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 codes 3 and 4
	      8	     Operational error
	      16     Usage or syntax error

AUTHORS
       Linus Torvalds ⟨torvalds@cs.helsinki.fi⟩
       Error code 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
       fsck(8), fsck.ext2(8), mkfs(8), mkfs.ext2(8), mkfs.minix(8), reboot(8)

AVAILABILITY
       The fsck.minix command is part of the util-linux package and is	avail‐
       able  from Linux Kernel Archive ⟨https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils
       /util-linux/⟩.

util-linux			   June 2015			 FSCK.MINIX(8)
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