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Re: ext3 filesystem



#include <hallo.h>
hsejar@gmx.co.uk wrote on Mon Aug 27, 2001 um 01:01:35AM:

> Will the file system mount in case it is corrupted ? To run e2fsck u should
> first get the prompt at least in single user mode !!! Since when we convert
> from ext2 to ext3 we also do tune2fs -c0 -i0 /dev/hdx. Thus at the startup
> the prompt which was coming to run fsck will also not come. How to go about
> it than ?

What? The init script tries fsck.ext{2,3} on the root filesystem. Fsck
does a fast check (default, few seconds) or the full check if the FS was
corrupted or not cleanly umounted. fsck.ext3 recovers the journal
instead of the complete check. If fsck fails, you get a shell.

Gruss/Regards,
Eduard.
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