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-.\" @(#)fsck.8 6.7 (Berkeley) %G%
+.\" @(#)fsck.8 6.8 (Berkeley) %G%
.\"
.TH FSCK 8 ""
.UC 4
It is normally used in the script
.B /etc/rc
during automatic reboot.
-In this case
+Here
.I fsck
reads the table
.B /etc/fstab
to determine which file systems to check.
-It uses the information there to inspect groups of disks in parallel, taking
-maximum advantage of i/o overlap to check the file systems
-as quickly as possible.
Only partitions in fstab that are mounted ``rw,'' ``rq'' or ``ro''
and that have non-zero pass number are checked.
Filesystems with pass number 1 (normally just the root filesystem)
.br
Inode number out of range.
.br
+Dot or dot-dot not the first two entries of a directory
+or having the wrong inode number.
+.br
.br
.ns
.TP 6
directory does not exist, it is created.
If there is insufficient space its size is increased.
.PP
-Checking the raw device is almost always faster.
+Because of inconsistencies between the block device and the buffer cache,
+the raw device should always be used.
.SH FILES
.br
.ns
fsdb(8),
newfs(8),
mkfs(8),
-crash(8V),
reboot(8)
-.SH BUGS
-There should be some way to start a \fBfsck \-p\fR at pass \fIn\fR.