fsck?

[inetd]

My company's RH 7.3 server is run for a year without reboot, however it has the following message in the system log:

Sep 20 05:01:13 linux01 kernel: hdc: hdc1 hdc2 hdc3
Sep 20 05:01:15 linux01 kernel: hdc: hdc1 hdc2 hdc3
Sep 20 05:03:43 linux01 kernel: kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
Sep 20 05:03:43 linux01 kernel: EXT3-fs warning: checktime reached, running e2fsck is recommended
Sep 20 05:03:43 linux01 kernel: EXT3 FS 2.4-0.9.17, 10 Jan 2002 on ide1(22,1), internal journal
Sep 20 05:03:43 linux01 kernel: EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.


The server is running fine. Should I run fsck?
Is it possible to do the fsck without rebooting the server since the server is running samba as file server and acts as PDC of our domain?

Thanks.

 

[fluid11]

I wouldn't run e2fsck on a mounted filesystem as file corruption is always a possibility. If these are ext3 partitions, run 'dumpe2fs /dev/hda1' for each partition and check if the filesystem is clean or not.

ChrisP
RHCE, LPIC-1, CCNA, CNE, MCSE, +10 others

 

[inetd]

Well, so many information about filesystem from dumpe2fs.

However, how can I know the filesystem is clean or not from these information?

Thanks.

 

[fluid11]

There is a line at the top that says "Filesystem State: clean/not clean"

dumpe2fs /dev/sda1 | less

ChrisP
RHCE, LPIC-1, CCNA, CNE, MCSE, +10 others