Hard Drive Check Forced

Phillip Susi psusi at cfl.rr.com
Mon Dec 19 15:24:49 UTC 2005


You might find the information logged in one of the system log files in 
/var/log.  Otherwise, if your system is otherwise idle, you can run sync 
to flush the cache to disk, then fsck the partition in read only mode to 
see the results again.

'Forum Post wrote:
> I have noted that after the disk check is over, there appeared something
> like "... is only 2.6%. No further action needed" or something like
> that. I couldn't see it properly because the message went away quickly.
> 
> Any idea what might have been happening? Was it the "fragmentation
> status" of my hard drive (2.6% fragmented)? Where can I lookup this
> info in my system (any logfile?)
> 
> 





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