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How do you repair the file system in Linux
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| jayjay22 2003-05-28, 10:10 pm |
| How do you repair the file system in Linux if its become corrupted. In windows, you could use safe mode, the recovery console, etc... to copy over and replace the system files. What is the equivilant in Linux?
Thanks,
Jason | |
| Boulware5 2003-05-28, 10:16 pm |
| Rescue mode. Are you able to boot into it?
From Redhat:
Rescue mode provides the ability to boot a small Linux environment entirely from a diskette, CD-ROM, or using some other method.
As the name implies, rescue mode is provided to rescue you from something. During normal operation, your Red Hat Linux system uses files located on your system's hard drive to do everything — run programs, store your files, and more.
However, there may be times when you are unable to get Linux running completely enough to access its files on your system's hard drive. Using rescue mode, you can access the files stored on your system's hard drive, even if you cannot actually run Linux from that hard drive.
Normally, you will need to get into rescue mode for one of two reasons:
* You are unable to boot Linux.
* You are having hardware or software problems, and you want to get a few important files off your system's hard drive.
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You can try single user mode if you are able to boot into Linux. As far as restoring important files, I'd just restore it off of a backup. | |
| jayjay22 2003-05-28, 10:35 pm |
| Rescue mode will allow me to replace corrupted/missing files without having to reinstall the operating system then right? | |
| Boulware5 2003-05-28, 10:51 pm |
| Yah. It should. | |
| jayjay22 2003-05-28, 11:28 pm |
| Nice thanks, I'll try it tonight! |
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