Re: e2fsck: HOWTO tutorial
On Tuesday 22 June 2010 15:26:12 Ron Johnson wrote:
> The *drive*? No. e2fsck checks the filesystem data structures
> that have been written onto the drive.
Yes, sorry. I did mean the partition, not the drive.
> You need SMART to check the drive.
Yes, I haven't had time to install smartmontools, but I'll do it as
soon as I've fully understood and documented how to use e2fsck.
> I don't know. First question, though, is: are you doing this on a
> mounted filesystem? If so, You're Doing It Wrong.
No, it's unmounted. I'm checking an external device.
As to checking mounted devices, the man page is very confusing:
See: http://linux.overshoot.tv/ticket/112
> Boot from a Live CD (I like Sidux) and run the e2fsck that comes on
> the CD. The errors might just go away...
no :-/
Thanks for the replies.
Is there a way to run e2fsck in a strictly non-desctructive,
informative mode only?
The man page is confusing (see ticket above).
Thanks
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