I use the <sarcasm> tags ;) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ryan Babchishin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 12:55 Subject: Re: Help! Repair ext2 error while mounted?
> > > nate wrote: > > Ryan Babchishin said: > > > >>Ok, I'll get right on that! > > > > > > just be sure to backup the data first. I can't tell if you saw I was > > joking or if your joking but I definately would not attempt a forced > > fsck on a filesystem. if the dataon the filesystem changes a lot your > > likely to trigger far more severe damage. > > Don't worry :) I caught on. I guess e-mail doesn't compliment sarcasm well. > > > > > you can always do a readonly check first though: > > > > > > e2fsck -n /device > > > > then you can see what would be modified if you were to attempt a fix. > > > > there will likely be a lot of errors reported if the data changes > > on the filesystem during the fsck, resulting in false positives. you > > may be able to minimize the damage by selectively OK'ing reported problems > > that you KNOW are problems. > > > > perhaps running it multiple times and comparing the differences you can > > find a common area of curroption. > > That's the best suggestion I've heard yet... Do you know of any risks > involved in repairing something that you know is in error, while the fs > is mounted? > > > > > good luck > > > > nate > > > > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
