From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ns.pcdesk.net ([65.100.173.137] helo=gwen.pcdesk.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1A44Gj-0003NI-00 for ; Mon, 29 Sep 2003 16:05:17 -0400 Received: (qmail 14035 invoked from network); 29 Sep 2003 20:04:40 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO pcdesk.net) (192.168.0.2) by gwen.pcdesk.net with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 29 Sep 2003 20:04:40 -0000 X-MessageWall-Score: 0 (pcdesk.net) Received: from [65.100.173.138] (authenticated as jbahm) by pcdesk.net (MessageWall 1.0.8) with SMTP (encrypted with RC4-MD5); 29 Sep 2003 20:4:40 -0000 Message-ID: <000c01c386c4$f83f5d00$6400a8c0@merlin> From: "Joseph C. Lininger" To: References: <001801c38655$84b6f1f0$6400a8c0@merlin> <20030929121737.GA163@lnx3.holmesgrown.com> Subject: Re: how to fix the file system? Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 14:04:59 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Well, journaling is not fool proof, but it will usually allow you to recover with very little difficulty. When fsck runs, it first checks to see if the filesystem has a journal. If so, it replays it to recover the filesystem. Then, it checks to seeif a bit has been set in the filesystem which indicates other errors. If the bit is set, it performs a complete check to repair any damages. -- Joseph C. Lininger jbahm@pcdesk.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Holmes" To: Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 6:17 AM Subject: Re: how to fix the file system? > Yes, ext3 makes things much better. However, I had a recent power > failure which caused my system to come back up but I ended up with > some errors during reboot. I had to fight my way through. Most times > though, the journal feature of ext3 saved my butt. I still wonder if > the errors I got weren't specific hard drive problems I might be > having - have to see on that one. > > On Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 12:47:12AM -0600, Joseph C. Lininger wrote: > > System will most likely run fsck automatically. Actually, if your running > > Redhat 9, you've probably got ext3 filesystem which does not need to be > > checked after this happens. It will simply recover the journal. > > -- > > Joseph C. Lininger > > jbahm@pcdesk.net > > -- > HolmesGrown Solutions > The best solutions for the best price! > http://ld.net/?holmesgrown > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >