what the fsck ?

[Henry Spencer]

On Thu, 6 Nov 2003, David J Patrick wrote:
>     Does fsck check for hardware problems at all ?
> If not, what does ?

No, it doesn't, except insofar as it may accidentally trip over them in
the course of doing its job.  For finding hardware problems, you need
hardware diagnostic programs.  Those are, unfortunately, practically a
lost art in the PC world.  (For one thing, for maximum effectiveness they
need to be specific to the particular hardware involved.)

                                                          Henry Spencer
                                                       henry-lqW1N6Cllo0sV2N9l4h3zg at public.gmane.org

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