From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp-out5.blueyonder.co.uk ([195.188.213.8]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1A3gfp-0000be-00 for ; Sun, 28 Sep 2003 14:53:37 -0400 Received: from bobsh ([82.37.168.145]) by smtp-out5.blueyonder.co.uk with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5600); Sun, 28 Sep 2003 19:53:34 +0100 Message-ID: <00a401c385f3$3e93da10$8200a8c0@bobsh> From: "Guy Abandon." To: References: Subject: Re: how to fix the file system? Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 20:03:46 +0100 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 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 28 Sep 2003 18:53:34.0353 (UTC) FILETIME=[D16A6810:01C385F1] 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: If it's corrupt, it will get scanned automatically I think, Slackware 9 here does. Then you do get the opportunity to run fsck which is the File System ChecK tool. This can take a while and take several passes to get it right. Yes, I got caught on this too, can't remember how. If you get back on long enough to do real backup, a rebuild has its uses as you never know which bit got corrupt and is there like a time bomb waiting to blow you away when you do something different to normal. Patching any kind of file allocation table is a chancy affair leading to the loss of a complete or significant part of a file. It takes a lot less than a whole allocation block out of a binary to wreck it and make its operation very risky and unpredictable. I don't know the low level workings of Linux to know if it has duplicates of allocation tables, even DOS used to though don't know about the Winglows. GA!