Re: Correction: ext2 vs ext3 vs xfs vs reiserfs

2002-11-26 Thread Oki DZ
On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 06:44:06PM -0500, Noah L. Meyerhans wrote: > The problem with xfs_repair is that it can't be used on a mounted > filesystem (even mounted read-only). It's the same thing for reiserfs; reiserfsck --check has to be done on an unmounted filesystem. I had problems on reiserf

Re: Correction: ext2 vs ext3 vs xfs vs reiserfs

2002-11-25 Thread John Hasler
Cameron Hutchison writes: > This was in response to the fsck.xfs man page that says it does nothing. > I was too hasty in saying this. There is another tool called xfs_repair > that is used to repair XFS filesystems. The fsck.xfs man page should direct the reader to xfs_repair. -- John Hasler [E

Re: Correction: ext2 vs ext3 vs xfs vs reiserfs

2002-11-25 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
On Tue, Nov 26, 2002 at 10:18:28AM +1100, Cameron Hutchison wrote: > There is another tool called xfs_repair that is used to repair XFS > filesystems. The problem with xfs_repair is that it can't be used on a mounted filesystem (even mounted read-only). This means, of course, that if your root fi

Re: Correction: ext2 vs ext3 vs xfs vs reiserfs

2002-11-25 Thread Richard Hector
On Tue, 2002-11-26 at 12:18, Cameron Hutchison wrote: > In a previous email to this list I stated: > > > The authors of XFS seem to think that because it is a journalling > > filesystem, a filesystem repair tool is not necessary. > > This was in response to the fsck.xfs man page that says it does

Correction: ext2 vs ext3 vs xfs vs reiserfs

2002-11-25 Thread Cameron Hutchison
In a previous email to this list I stated: > The authors of XFS seem to think that because it is a journalling > filesystem, a filesystem repair tool is not necessary. This was in response to the fsck.xfs man page that says it does nothing. I was too hasty in saying this. There is another tool