Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 12 Nov 1998 23:07:30 +1030 (CST) | From | Mofeed Shahin <> | Subject | Re: e2fsck... |
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G'day All,
On Thu, 12 Nov 1998, Jim Woodward wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Nov 1998, Kurt Garloff wrote: > > > On Wed, Nov 11, 1998 at 03:11:39PM +1030, Mofeed Shahin wrote: > > > > > > I am just wandering what (if any) are the concequences of running e2fsck > > > on a read/write mounted fs (such as the root partition)? > > > Linux 2.0.34 > > Ive done it in the past as an emergency measure.. but i wouldnt make a > habbit of it :) > > might be risky :) > > if i wanna repair a partition an old slackware boot disk comes in handy :)
So let me get this straight, If I want to check my file system for errors there is no problems, but if I want to fix any errors found I have to reboot via a boot disk, and then e2fsck the now unmounted drive ?
If true (makes sense since it is a multitasking environment), then this is not so good for my internet gateway, which may have some corruption. But hey no use winging about it.
Cheers Mof.
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