Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 31 Dec 1996 04:34:15 -0500 | From | "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <> | Subject | Re: Serious ext2fs problem |
| |
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 1996 15:48:55 -0500 (EST) From: "Andrew E. Mileski" <aem@nic.ott.hookup.net>
> Two questions: > 1) How can I fix the filesystem?
I've found there are some errors which the kernel detects, but the _latest_ fsck doesn't (and therefore can't repair). To cure one recurring error, I ended up re-mkfs on the partition :-(
Perhaps fsck (ext2) needs an update?
How about a full and complete description of the problem, so I have a chance of figuring out what sort update (if any) fsck needs?
The most common "problem" that we've come across is when an inode gets corrupted such that the immutable flag is set, and people can't remove it using unlink(). (You need to use chattr to clear the immutable flag first). But that's not a filesystem or fsck bug, but rather a user misunderstanding.....
- Ted
|  |