Hanspeter Spalinger wrote: > On 08/14/2010 09:01 PM, Merciadri Luca wrote: > > Hi, > > > I have the fs' checking period set to 50 mounts for now some years. The > > problem is that I always get errors when e2fsck verifies the fs, and > > always on the same: /dev/sdc5. Well, this is where I have all my docs, > > my university stuff, and this is even more annoying. I could do backups, > > but I can't understand why this filesystem is problematic, because I > > don't use it often, at least these times. I always have errors about the > > AucTeX files. Well, auctex is simply an emacs extension for LaTeX, and I > > can't understand why some specific files always cause troubles. I don't > > always get the same errors. This time, it was mainly *things like error > > filesystem Inode has EXTENTS_FL flag set, but not too many.* > > ** > > *1) Why are they happening? My disk is not old. (/dev/sdc5 is on another > > disk than the /etc, etc.)* > > *2) Should I think about buying another hdd? I tried with the hdd life > > tools (I can't remember their names) which are bundled with Debian, but > > they don't show any failing thing (they have quite the same score as > > other hdds in my computer).* > > *** > > > Thanks. > > * > > Hi, > Do you actualy FIX those errors? Afaik the fsck at startup does not fix > all errors (it plays safe). Try run fsck manualy (but make a backup > first and read the man-page). Yes, I always fix them. If necessary, I fix them manually. > I assume you use the other partitions more often, with no error, so i > don't think your problem is hardware related. Huh? I can't understand that. Would you mean that when a partition is not used often, it is more error-prone (subject to errors)? Thanks. -- Merciadri Luca See http://www.student.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~merciadri/ I use PGP. If there is an incompatibility problem with your mail client, please contact me.
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