Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751357AbWHIUr1 (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Aug 2006 16:47:27 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751371AbWHIUr1 (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Aug 2006 16:47:27 -0400 Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com ([64.233.182.187]:28188 "EHLO nf-out-0910.google.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751357AbWHIUr0 (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Aug 2006 16:47:26 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=fmwIDAzUmSbofsQtF6HD2LvGCxP22+OHdB0cNT9/U8DLRGLaMrR7LxBJr456ZG2rGfCx+oaL5GzUi02Pya5qnhjfXvzWozaYRz2TKARtZVDfVQzBEIllVXKkoQWJDOh+UT5CgrwndTkBBWoGkYf1/X522MffUwZjWtgrMlkm8hs= Message-ID: <62b0912f0608091347u8b86d40q3679991e9e16526f@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2006 22:47:00 +0200 From: "Molle Bestefich" To: "Duane Griffin" Subject: Re: ext3 corruption Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <62b0912f0607131332u5c390acfrd290e2129b97d7d9@mail.gmail.com> <62b0912f0608081647p2d540f43t84767837ba523dc4@mail.gmail.com> <62b0912f0608090822n2d0c44c4uc33b5b1db00e9d33@mail.gmail.com> <1A5F0A2F95110B3F35E8A9B5@dhcp-2-206.wgops.com> <62b0912f0608091128n4d32d437h45cf74af893dc7c8@mail.gmail.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1180 Lines: 35 Duane Griffin wrote: > > And what will e2fsck do to my dear filesystem if I let it have a go at it? > > To be safe, run it on an image of your filesystem first. Yes, hmm, I don't have another terabyte handy, unfortunately. > That is assuming you have enough spare space, of course. > If not then you should at least run e2fsck with -n first to find out > what it wants to do. How close to 1-1 does "-n" relate to non-"-n" ? For example, does e2fsck take into consideration the changes it would have done itself in regular mode when it proceeds to the next problem and/or phase of a -n operation? If it doesn't, then that command is, well, totally useless. So :-). Does it take that into consideration? > Personally, my risk tolerance would be closely correlated with > the quality of my backups. I hear you loud and clear... Sigh ;-). > "I never could learn to drink that blood and call it wine" - Bob Dylan Hmm. I like it. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/