Re: Correction: ext2 vs ext3 vs xfs vs reiserfs
On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 06:44:06PM -0500, Noah L. Meyerhans wrote:
> The problem with xfs_repair is that it can't be used on a mounted
> filesystem (even mounted read-only).
It's the same thing for reiserfs; reiserfsck --check has to be done on an
unmounted filesystem.
I had problems on reiserfs several times; the disk was OK (no
bad-sector), but the filesystems got corrupted. Fortunately, it was /usr
and, on another time, /var which resided in different partitions (other
than where / was). The filesystems went all right after a reiserfsck
--rebuild-tree.
> I also wish that XFS (and others, really) could give some indication
> about when data corruption occurred.
Yes, ideally filesystem checks could be done on mounted filesystems; the
checking program is just _reading_ anyway, why should the filesystems get
unmounted?
Oki
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