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Linux Tips: run fsck on a loopback filesystem

If you want to run fsck on a loopback filesystem (normally a virtual machine disk image like xen for ex.) you just have to tell its proper filesystem type when you run fsck:
fsck.ext3 /path/to/loopbackfile.ext3for ext3 or:

fsck.reiserfs /path/to/loopbackfile.reiserfsfor reiserfs, etc.

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