On Sun, 8 Mar 1998, Craig Kattner wrote:
> After restarting linux this evening, during bootup it complained about
> "/dev/hda2: Deleted inodo 14989 has zero dtime" for about ten different
This is usually caused by not shutting down properly. You must not shut
off linux by simply turning off the power or pressing the reset button.
You should always push control-alt-delete or use the 'shutdown' command.
> inodes. Now, I understand what an inode is, so does this mean that a file
> just got the axe for each of these? Is there any means of checking what,
No, it simply means that the (already deleted) file was not properly
cleaned up. This sort of clean-up is done when the filesystem is
unmounted, usually at shutdown time, which is why you must always make a
proper shutdown.
> apparently bad inodes be the cause of the periodic warnings I get about
> files not existing? Thanks. Insight appreciated.
Not likely, the zero dtime message is very harmless. But if you haven't
been treating your linux system nicely at the shutdown, it might cause
your files to vanish! So the answer is yes and no.
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