Re: no fsck?

[jeremy jozwik <jerjoz.forums@gmail.com>]

>> because # fsck.vfat did nothing the first time.
>>
>> # fsck works
>>
>> # fsck
>> fsck 1.41.3 (12-Oct-2008)
>> e2fsck 1.41.3 (12-Oct-2008)
>> /dev/sda1 is mounted.
>>
>> WARNING!!!  Running e2fsck on a mounted filesystem may cause
>> SEVERE filesystem damage.
>>
>> Do you really want to continue (y/n)?
>
> You said "no", right???
>
> Anyway, you probably want magicrescue?
no i did not format.

ill give that a shot. perhaps i should give a bit more information on
to what i am trying to get.
i have a freerunner that ive been using for gps tracking. this morning
my track folder got corrupted. ive found several links and programs.

testdisk copied everything but the folder i wanted to restore.

so i tired this:
http://lists.slug.org.au/archives/slug/2006/05/msg00002.html

thats where the fsck part came into play.