I am debating

brent

nolan thank you. is it dangerous?

tomscharbach

brent thank you. is it dangerous?

Only if your mother is around when you say "fsck" too loudly. 😆

nolan

brent no it's not, but it requires the filesystem to NOT be mounted and run with sudo, it saved me from a filesystem corruption one time, long a go now, my pc suddenly shut down and couldn't boot at the time, ran fsck and since then everything run smoothly as always.

WetGeek

brent Does linux have an equivalent to CHKDSK or a command to rebuild filesystem?

Yes, it's called fsck, for File System Check. It's been about 10 years since I've needed to use it, though, so it would be best to use the argument --help to make sure whether you need to use other arguments (like file system type) or if it defaults to what you're using. In other words, I'm sure about the utility, just don't trust my memory for how it's used. An argument might be needed to tell it to go ahead and fix any problems, instead of just reporting them.

brent

nolan WetGeek throwing it out there as an option for axios but would never tell anyone on the forum to try anything w/out knowing the risks. I shoulda done my research there. I mean we all know what chkdsk does at boot on Windows it does not interfere. I wonder if fsck needs to be run from live iso or on the actual os?

brent

tomscharbach god rest her soul as a child she wouldve washed out my mouth with soap even if it was a linux command...🙂

WetGeek

brent I wonder if fsck needs to be run from live iso or on the actual os?

Good question, but you'll need to research that unless someone else has the answer for you. When I said I last used it 10 years ago, I neglected to say I used it one time ten years ago. I've forgotten the details.

clauded

brent you must use the live iso method (since your fs is mounted) or force a check at reboot: https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-force-fsck-to-check-filesystem-after-system-reboot-on-linux

elfprince

I've used fsck many years ago on a FreeBSD machine. Then you needed to be the root to use it, ie in single user mode.

brent

clauded thanks for the info. maybe the OP will consider that scenario.

bigrammy

Axios Are you by chance dual booting?
If so Windows program ext2fsd corrupts (or it used to) ext4 when it automatically tries to read your linux partition.
Thats what was happening to me anyway. So everytime I booted windows it would corrupt my Solus.
Maybe something to check 😃
PS: I found my old post:
https://discuss.getsol.us/d/4467-installer-not-seeing-new-efi-boot-partition/8

Axios

bigrammy No I dont dual boot (never liked the idea) But thanks for the info very interesting
I use disk winpe10 to Image Linux but there are some ext programs on it
suppose to read ext4 never got them to work properly. fat32 is really to me only universal format
between apple,linux,windows any data disks I shuffle between computers are always fat32 and ntfs
Ghostbusters--DONT CROSS THE STREAMS....lol

nolan

Axios I use disk winpe10

I recommend you rufus, in my experience is the best way to burn images on usb storage devices if you are in windows.
From linux dd should make the trick to do that

brent

nolan been on some dangerous salvage missions in the live .iso before but not the fsck one.
Basically "check" and "repair" in gnome-disks and gparted are just GUIs for fsck, no?

WetGeek

brent Basically "check" and "repair" in gnome-disks and gparted are just GUIs for fsck, no?

I don't know how they're implemented, but that would be my best guess, too. They probably offer checks to make sure you're doing everything right, and not doing anything that could hurt your system. Maybe even some instructions or warnings before you click that [Continue] button. I'd probably prefer those to using fsck explicitly.

Axios

brent Yearrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrs ago I been in the command line fsck mess to say the least
it did not turn out pretty.. So i just stick with the safe options and gnome-disks seem to fit the bill.
But back then i didnt know much about linux either.

I will prob when I get time look hard at caja then dolpin and decide really which one fits the bill better
and then install either mate/plasma on the ideapad because filemanagers are a big thing to me.
Like I said many times I have not had any problems with mate. From what I see here prob holds true with plasma

brent

Axios stick with the safe options totally agreed. file managers are a big thing to me as well and nautilus has been throwing more problems at me lately to the point where I am not waiting for the new Mate iso, I already downloaded current one. caja is functional in Budgie but its not really suited for budgie imho. Have you ever tried nautilus in Mate or is it the same problems there?

Axios

brent I never tried it in mate I figure if it has problems dont want mess up mate...

Axios

[ 3614.059747] blk_update_request: I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 35219448 op 0x0🙁READ) flags 0x3000 phys_seg 1 prio class 0
[ 3614.064881] EXT4-fs error (device mmcblk0p3): __ext4_find_entry:1658: inode #1122641: comm Renderer: reading directory lblock 0
[ 3614.064903] Aborting journal on device mmcblk0p3-8.
[ 3614.065907] EXT4-fs error (device mmcblk0p3): ext4_journal_check_start:83: comm systemd-journal: Detected aborted journal
[ 3614.067776] EXT4-fs error (device mmcblk0p3): ext4_journal_check_start:83: comm mozStorage #5: Detected aborted journal
[ 3614.068065] EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p3): Remounting filesystem read-only

I will have to do a heavy read/write test from winpe and see if it barfs. ( it has no smart and is
not replaceable on motherboard prob a candidate for the trash (CHEAP CHINA JUNK!)
Could be mmc car/reader driver issue but geez I have no idea where to start there..oh well

stalebrim

Axios So it's the drive failing.

Axios

stalebrim Yup or something but it isnt replaceable on this lenovo ideapad.
Thing is its been used but not alot but way out of warrenty was free so no big deal
Corrupt was not really right it looks like just throwing an error then from there making
drive read only.