Reply To: Live USB requires file system check of root filesystem

[Brian MasinickModerator]

Since the drive needs to be “mounted” in some fashion, I vaguely remember an old method I used 15-20 years ago;
I’d boot into single user mode, and remount the root drive (/dev/sda in your case) read-only.
Once file checking is complete, I’d remount n the usual way or simply reboot the system.

Resources to read for more information to provide you some additional guidance:

http://linuxhandbook.com/fsck-command/
http://www.tecmint.com/fsck-repair-file-system-errors-in-linux/
http://phoenixnap.com/kb/fsck-command-linux

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Brian Masinick
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