[Ubuntu-users] fsck shows errors on main partition only when mounted

[Mark]

Correction:

On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 11:53 AM, Mark <mhullrich at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 9:03 AM, K. Frank <kfrank29.c at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Mark and Colin -
>>
>> Am I asking for trouble if I use the -n option?  I am under the impression
>> that I can run fsck -n to my heart's content on mounted file systems
>> completely safely (if perhaps not usefully).  Is this not correct?
>>
> It is safe but NOT always useful.  to be safe and useful, the volume   <<< CORRECTION
> should not be mounted.
>

SAT.