How to filesystem check in rescue mode with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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Issue

  • How to fsck in rescue mode for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7?
  • How to filesystem check the root filesystem?
  • System won't load after boot, requests fsck of root file system
  • The / (root) filesystem went into read-only mode.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • XFS filesystem

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