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diff --git a/disk-utils/fsck.minix.8 b/disk-utils/fsck.minix.8 index 84d54bb7d..3598781a4 100644 --- a/disk-utils/fsck.minix.8 +++ b/disk-utils/fsck.minix.8 @@ -10,32 +10,32 @@ fsck.minix \- check consistency of Minix filesystem .SH DESCRIPTION .B fsck.minix performs a consistency check for the Linux MINIX filesystem. - -The program -assumes the filesystem is quiescent. +.PP +The program assumes the filesystem is quiescent. .B fsck.minix should not be used on a mounted device unless you can be sure nobody is -writing to it (and remember that the kernel can write to it when it -searches for files). - +writing to it. Remember that the kernel can write to device when it +searches for files. +.PP The \fIdevice\fR name will usually have the following form: -.nf .RS -/dev/hda[1\(en63] (IDE disk 1) -/dev/hdb[1\(en63] (IDE disk 2) -/dev/sda[1\(en15] (SCSI disk 1) -/dev/sdb[1\(en15] (SCSI disk 2) +.TS +tab(:); +left l l. +/dev/hda[1\(en63]:IDE disk 1 +/dev/hdb[1\(en63]:IDE disk 2 +/dev/sda[1\(en15]:SCSI disk 1 +/dev/sdb[1\(en15]:SCSI disk 2 +.TE .RE -.fi - -If the filesystem was changed (i.e., repaired), then +.PP +If the filesystem was changed, i.e., repaired, then .B fsck.minix will print "FILE SYSTEM HAS CHANGED" and will .BR sync (2) -three times before exiting. Since Linux does not currently have raw -devices, there is +three times before exiting. There is .I no -need to reboot at this time. +need to reboot after check. .SH WARNING .B fsck.minix should @@ -46,8 +46,9 @@ on a mounted filesystem is very dangerous, due to the possibility that deleted files are still in use, and can seriously damage a perfectly good filesystem! If you absolutely have to run .B fsck.minix -on a mounted filesystem (i.e., the root filesystem), make sure nothing is -writing to the disk, and that no files are "zombies" waiting for deletion. +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 +deletion. .SH OPTIONS .TP \fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-list\fR @@ -57,9 +58,9 @@ List all filenames. Perform interactive repairs. .TP \fB\-a\fR, \fB\-\-auto\fR -Perform automatic repairs. (This option implies +Perform automatic repairs. This option implies .B \-\-repair -and serves to answer all of the questions asked with the default.) Note +and serves to answer all of the questions asked with the default. Note that this can be extremely dangerous in the case of extensive filesystem damage. .TP @@ -73,25 +74,18 @@ Output super-block information. Activate MINIX-like "mode not cleared" warnings. .TP \fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-force\fR -Force a filesystem check even if the filesystem was marked as valid (this -marking is done by the kernel when the filesystem is unmounted). +Force a filesystem check even if the filesystem was marked as valid. +Marking is done by the kernel when the filesystem is unmounted. .TP \fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR Display version information and exit. .TP \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR Display help text and exit. -.SH "SEE ALSO" -.BR fsck (8), -.BR fsck.ext2 (8), -.BR mkfs (8), -.BR mkfs.minix (8), -.BR mkfs.ext2 (8), -.BR reboot (8) .SH DIAGNOSTICS There are numerous diagnostic messages. The ones mentioned here are the most commonly seen in normal usage. - +.PP If the device does not exist, .B fsck.minix will print "unable to read super block". If the device exists, but is not @@ -102,37 +96,73 @@ will print "bad magic number in super-block". The exit code returned by .B fsck.minix is the sum of the following: -.IP 0 +.PP +.RS +.PD 0 +.TP +.B 0 No errors -.IP 3 +.TP +.B 3 Filesystem errors corrected, system should be rebooted if filesystem was mounted -.IP 4 +.TP +.B 4 Filesystem errors left uncorrected -.IP 7 +.TP +.B 7 Combination of exit codes 3 and 4 -.IP 8 +.TP +.B 8 Operational error -.IP 16 +.TP +.B 16 Usage or syntax error +.PD +.RE .PP -In point of fact, only 0, 3, 4, 7, 8, and 16 can ever be returned. -.SH AUTHOR -Linus Torvalds (torvalds@cs.helsinki.fi) +.SH AUTHORS +.MT torvalds@\:cs.\:helsinki.\:fi +Linus Torvalds +.ME .br -Error code values by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) +Error code values by +.MT faith@\:cs.\:unc.\:edu +Rik Faith +.ME .br -Added support for filesystem valid flag: Dr.\& Wettstein -(greg%wind.uucp@plains.nodak.edu) +Added support for filesystem valid flag: +.MT greg%\:wind.\:uucp@\:plains.\:nodak.\:edu +Dr.\& Wettstein +.ME . .br -Check to prevent fsck of mounted filesystem added by Daniel Quinlan -(quinlan@yggdrasil.com) +Check to prevent fsck of mounted filesystem added by +.MT quinlan@\:yggdrasil.\:com +Daniel Quinlan +.ME . .br -Minix v2 fs support by Andreas Schwab -(schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de), updated by Nicolai -Langfeldt (janl@math.uio.no) +Minix v2 fs support by +.MT schwab@\:issan.\:informatik.\:uni-dortmund.\:de +Andreas Schwab +.ME , +updated by +.MT janl@\:math.\:uio.\:no +Nicolai Langfeldt +.ME . .br -Portability patch by Russell King (rmk@ecs.soton.ac.uk). +Portability patch by +.MT rmk@\:ecs.\:soton.\:ac.\:uk +Russell King +.ME . +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR fsck (8), +.BR fsck.ext2 (8), +.BR mkfs (8), +.BR mkfs.minix (8), +.BR mkfs.ext2 (8), +.BR reboot (8) .SH AVAILABILITY The fsck.minix command is part of the util-linux package and is available from -ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/. +.UR ftp://\:ftp.kernel.org\:/pub\:/linux\:/utils\:/util-linux/ +Linux Kernel Archive +.UE . |