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Managing Devices in Oracle® Solaris 11.3

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Updated: April 2018
 
 

How to Check a File System on Removable Media

  1. Become an administrator.

    For more information, see Using Your Assigned Administrative Rights in Securing Users and Processes in Oracle Solaris 11.3.

  2. Identify the file system type and select one of the following:
    • Check a UDFS file system, as follows:
      # fsck -F udfs device-name
    • Check a PCFS file system, as follows:
      # fsck -F pcfs device-name
Example 65  Checking a PCFS File System on Removable Media

The following example shows how check the consistency of a PCFS file system on media.

# fsck -F pcfs /dev/rdsk/c0t4d0s2
** /dev/rdsk/c0t4d0s2
** Scanning file system meta-data
** Correcting any meta-data discrepancies
1457664 bytes.
0 bytes in bad sectors.
0 bytes in 0 directories.
0 bytes in 0 files.
1457664 bytes free.
512 bytes per allocation unit.
2847 total allocation units.
2847 available allocation units.