Re: Unsual system check
On Tue, 26 Jan 1999, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
: On Tue, Jan 26, 1999 at 01:42:25PM +0100, E.L. Meijer Eric" wrote:
: > >
: > > This is an unusual checking by my machine (this is all I could cut&paste),
: > > has anything gone wrong here?
: >
: > [ output of regular fsck check ]
: >
: > This is not a bug, it is a feature. After a number of reboots, your
: > hard disks are checked by the fsck program. The same thing happens if
: > you do not shut down properly. The `errors' that were found (deleted
: > inode has zero dtime) are quite common. They never caused any trouble
:
: I get quite a few errors usually when this occurs. Why is that?
: To me, that indicates bugs in the file system drivers.
I'm flying by the seat of my pants here, but I believe it has something
to do with a daemon's log file not being completely cleared before the
system shuts down (as in `shutdown -h now').
I was told that the "deleted inode has zero dtime", or hwatever the
exact message is, isn't a big deal nor is it worth worrying about.
Other fsck errors are more worrisome :)
I wish I could find that original email. I don't believe any of this is
caused by a bug in the fs drivers, though.
Cheers,
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