In article <marcf.733864106@yorku.ca> marcf@nexus.yorku.ca (Marc G Fournier) writes:
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>       What is the best way to do an  (e2)fsck on the root file system?  
>my understanding is that the best way to do it on any file system is unmounted,
>but of course you can't unmount the root file system :)
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Get one of the bootable rootdisks (on tsx-11 or sunsite /pub/[lL]inux/GCC,
and boot from it.

then mount what would normally be your root partition and fsck it.

enjoy,
jem.