How do I fsck the root partition of an IDE drive?

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Warning: You should never fsck a mounted filesystem. You will have problems running fsck on a root partition as you will normally need to have the root filesystem mounted to access the fsck application.

Requirements: To begin the troubleshooting process, find out what the root partition is. For IDE drives, your roo...

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