RE: Strange disk problems - file dates out of wack
On Sun, 26 Oct 1997, Ted Harding wrote:
> Try (non-destructively) e2fsck -fnV on the device with these files
> and stand back ... (at any rate pipe it through "less"). I predict
> several thousand lines of possibly alarming information. Depending on what
> you see, you may judge that it's worth taking the chance to give fsck a free
> reign to try to make the filesystem clean (though it may zap some stuff in
> so doing); or else raw-backup (dd to another device) the bytes on the device
> and then either do fsck, or reformat the filesystem, or replace the hard
> drive.
I have done a e2fsck -fnv but it also did not reveal any problems (output
below). However, it did reveal the existence of 27 block device files that
I assume have no reason to be under /home. I'm at a loss - any other
suggestions? Thanks, Colin.
frisch:/# e2fsck -fnv /dev/hda6
e2fsck 1.10, 24-Apr-97 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09
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
25948 inodes used (4%)
902 non-contiguous inodes (3.5%)
# of inodes with ind/dind/tind blocks: 2230/249/41
1169173 blocks used (54%)
0 bad blocks
24468 regular files
1128 directories
19 character device files
27 block device files
3 fifos
20 links
292 symbolic links (292 fast symbolic links)
2 sockets
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25959 files
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