From: Autif Khan Subject: Re: Filesystem state: clean with errors - what errors? Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2013 15:29:31 -0400 Message-ID: References: <51ACEAEF.6040109@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org To: Eric Sandeen Return-path: Received: from mail-la0-f53.google.com ([209.85.215.53]:62059 "EHLO mail-la0-f53.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757600Ab3FCTa6 (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Jun 2013 15:30:58 -0400 Received: by mail-la0-f53.google.com with SMTP id ea20so3831756lab.40 for ; Mon, 03 Jun 2013 12:30:56 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <51ACEAEF.6040109@redhat.com> Sender: linux-ext4-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 3:13 PM, Eric Sandeen wrote: > On 6/3/13 1:45 PM, Autif Khan wrote: >> Executing dumpe2fs -h on one of the partitions says >> >> ... >> Filesystem features: has_journal ext_attr resize_inode dir_index >> filetype extent flex_bg sparse_super large_file huge_file uninit_bg >> dir_nlink extra_isize >> Filesystem flags: signed_directory_hash >> Default mount options: user_xattr acl >> Filesystem state: clean with errors >> ... >> >> How can I find out what the errors are - the details of the errors. > > "clean" means the log has been replayed (log is not dirty) > "with errors" means that it encountered concistency errors at runtime > > run e2fsck -f on it to see what it finds (or e2fsck -fn if you want a no-op > dry run) --- spin --- ubuntu@mac0013950af6fb:~$ sudo fsck -V -n -f /dev/sda5 fsck from util-linux 2.20.1 [/sbin/fsck.ext4 (1) -- /koko] fsck.ext4 -n -f /dev/sda5 e2fsck 1.42 (29-Nov-2011) Warning! /dev/sda5 is mounted. Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes Pass 2: Checking directory structure Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity Pass 4: Checking reference counts Pass 5: Checking group summary information /dev/sda5: 24770/262144 files (0.1% non-contiguous), 328031/1048576 blocks ubuntu@mac0013950af6fb:~$ I am not sure I see any errors. Is there an error here?