fsck filesystem consistency check and interactive repair Usage: fsck -p [-f] [-m mode] fsck [-b block#] [-c level] [-l maxparallel] [-y] [-n] [-m mode] [filesystem] ... but in its simplest and most common version: fsck -y where is a name of the raw device, on which the filesystem lies, e.g. /dev/rfd0 for floppy A:, or /dev/rwd0s1 for partition #1 on first IDE drive.