On Thu, Jan 20, 2000 at 10:22:58AM +0100, Alberto Maurizi wrote: > > I accidentally pushed the reset button! > This resulted in a lot of errors in the disk and > several files lost. > > Could anybody tell me how to check the system consistency? > a. Linux distros typically all run fsck to check the integrity of the filesystem on boot/mount-up. If the machine came back online and acts normally and you didn't see any messages during the boot about recovering files, etc... you're probably fine. The gentleman who mentioned "lost+found" is correct also. You can look in there for recovered files. Meanwhile, the real reason I replied is that this is a typical example of why one should keep BACKUPS! :) -- Nate Duehr <nate@natetech.com> GPG Key fingerprint = DCAF 2B9D CC9B 96FA 7A6D AAF4 2D61 77C5 7ECE C1D2 Public Key available upon request, or at wwwkeys.pgp.net and others.
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