https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/ext3-fs-error-ext3-readdir-help/m-p/4189292#M32399 there was many missings file .<BR /><BR />we install it from scatch <BR /><BR />thanks Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:24:11 GMT Chapaya 2008-04-30T09:24:11Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/ext3-fs-error-ext3-readdir-help/m-p/4189290#M32397 Hi ,<BR /><BR />i reboot linux to single user ,<BR />when doing cd /etc i get :<BR />ext3-fs error ext3_readdir<BR /><BR />how do i run fsck ?<BR /><BR />bye. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:54:43 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/ext3-fs-error-ext3-readdir-help/m-p/4189290#M32397 Chapaya 2008-04-30T06:54:43Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/ext3-fs-error-ext3-readdir-help/m-p/4189291#M32398 What's the name and version of your Linux distribution?<BR /><BR />In general, to run fsck on the root filesystem, the root filesystem must be mounted read-only. Most Linux distributions automatically run fsck on the root filesystem in the proper phase of the startup procedure if they detect it's necessary.<BR /><BR />In principle:<BR />- unmount all filesystems other than root, /proc, /dev, and /sys (Pre-2.6 kernels may not have all of these.)<BR />- to get the root filesystem to read-only mode, use "mount -n -o remount,ro /".<BR />- to run fsck, you need the device name of the root filesystem. Usually just "fsck /dev/<ROOT-FILESYSTEM-DEVICE>" is OK.<BR />- if the fsck makes any changes to the root filesystem, you should reboot after the fsck is complete.<BR /><BR />In practice, you should boot into single-user mode (using the boot option "single") for checking the root filesystem manually. Some distributions "helpfully" mount the root filesystem as read/write even when booting to single-user mode; with these, you may have to boot using the boot option "init=/bin/bash" to take control when the root filesystem is still in read-only state.<BR /><BR />Note: When the root filesystem is read-only, the list of mounted filesystems reported by the "mount" command may be inaccurate (it reads /etc/mtab, which of course cannot be updated if the root fs is read-only). Use "cat /proc/mounts" to get accurate information about the mounted filesystems in this case. <BR /><BR />If the /proc filesystem is not mounted, use "mount /proc" or "mount -t proc none /proc" to mount it. /proc is a virtual filesystem, and it should be always safe to mount.<BR /><BR />MK</ROOT-FILESYSTEM-DEVICE> Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:56:17 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/ext3-fs-error-ext3-readdir-help/m-p/4189291#M32398 Matti_Kurkela 2008-04-30T07:56:17Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/ext3-fs-error-ext3-readdir-help/m-p/4189292#M32399 there was many missings file .<BR /><BR />we install it from scatch <BR /><BR />thanks Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:24:11 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/ext3-fs-error-ext3-readdir-help/m-p/4189292#M32399 Chapaya 2008-04-30T09:24:11Z