Fixing filesystem

[ackka]

Hi I work for a small company that has a Sun Microsystems Solaris Machine, running SunOS 5.5.1 On boot the machine reports hard drive errors and to run fsck. I enter the root password and try to get a console but it keeps loading OpenWindows and completely locks the screen. I reboot the machine and boot OpenWindows normally, I log on using a normal user, then open a console and use su to log on as root. When I try to run fsck the executable is not located any place on the harddrive.

So i'm trying to figure out any way to fix the filesystem, basically the windows equivalent of scandisk.

thanks for any help

ackka

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[Apricot]

Boot in single user mode:

ok> boot -s

login and then make # fsck -Y

regard ph

 

[Soladm]

FYI...

If you are already logged in to a GUI... you can use the init command... "init s" to take you to single user mode then do your "fsck -y".


Good Luck. Have a Great Day!!
~Sol
Sys Admin