1. Managing Removable Media (Overview)
2. Managing Removable Media (Tasks)
3. Accessing Removable Media (Tasks)
4. Writing CDs and DVDs (Tasks)
5. Managing Devices (Overview/Tasks)
6. Dynamically Configuring Devices (Tasks)
7. Using USB Devices (Overview)
9. Using InfiniBand Devices (Overview/Tasks)
11. Administering Disks (Tasks)
12. SPARC: Adding a Disk (Tasks)
13. x86: Adding a Disk (Tasks)
14. Configuring Oracle Solaris iSCSI Targets and Initiators (Tasks)
15. The format Utility (Reference)
16. Managing File Systems (Overview)
17. Creating ZFS, UFS, TMPFS, and LOFS File Systems (Tasks)
18. Mounting and Unmounting File Systems (Tasks)
19. Using The CacheFS File System (Tasks)
20. Configuring Additional Swap Space (Tasks)
21. Checking UFS File System Consistency (Tasks)
What the fsck Command Checks and Tries to Repair
Why UFS File System Inconsistencies Might Occur
UFS Components That Are Checked for Consistency
File System Size and Inode List Size Checks
Incorrect "." and ".." Entry Checks
Interactively Checking and Repairing a UFS File System
How to Check the root (/), /usr, or /var File Systems From an Alternate Boot Device
How to Check Other File Systems (Not root (/), /usr, or /var)
How to Preen a UFS File System
Fixing a UFS File System That the fsck Command Cannot Repair
How to Restore a Bad Superblock (Solaris 10 6/06 Release)
How to Restore a Bad Superblock (Solaris 8, 9, and 10 Releases)
Syntax and Options for the fsck Command
22. UFS File System (Reference)
23. Backing Up and Restoring UFS File Systems (Overview)
24. Backing Up UFS Files and File Systems (Tasks)
25. Using UFS Snapshots (Tasks)
26. Restoring UFS Files and File Systems (Tasks)
27. UFS Backup and Restore Commands (Reference)
28. Copying UFS Files and File Systems (Tasks)
The fsck command uses a state flag, which is stored in the superblock, to record the condition of the file system. This flag is used by the fsck command to determine whether a file system needs to be checked for consistency. The flag is used by the /sbin/rcS script during booting and by the fsck -m command. If you ignore the result from the fsck -m command, all file systems can be checked regardless of the setting of the state flag.
For a description of the superblock, see Superblock.
The possible state flag values are described in the following table.
Table 21-1 Values of File System State Flags
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