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Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> > On Sunday 25 July 2010 06:57:43 KH wrote: |
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> >>> You said you ran e2fsck and it was OK. What was the command? |
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> >>> Normally with an e2fsck on a journalled fs, the app will replay the |
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> >>> journal and make a few minor checks. This takes about 4 seconds, not |
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> >>> the 40 minutes it takes to do a ful ext2 check. |
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> >>> I think you might need to fsck without the journal. I know there's a way |
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> >>> to do this but a cursory glance at the man page didn't reveal it. Maybe |
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> >>> an ext user will chip in with the correct method |
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> >> Hi, |
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> >> I ran on the two partitions e2fsck /dev/sde3 as well as fsck.ext3 |
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> >> /dev/sde3 . Yes, it only took some seconds. |
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> > It's been a long time since I used ext3 so some of this might be wrong. |
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> > An fsck that takes a few seconds is using the journal, which might not uncover |
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> > deeper corruption. You should try disabling the journal (I couldn't find the |
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> > way to do that though), but this will also work: |
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> > Boot of a LiveCD, mount your root partition somewhere using type "ext2" and |
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> > fsck it. This will invalidate the journal but that's OK, it gets recreated on |
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> > the next proper boot. Let the fsck finish - it will take a while on a large |
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> > fs. |
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> > When done, reboot as normal and see if the machine boots up properly. |
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> And I would stand guard to make sure housekeeping doesn't come around. |
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> ;-) Cutting power during all this wold not be good. |
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You don't need to invalidate the journal or mount ext2, just use -f if |
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memory serves, be sure the partition is unmounted and that will force a |
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full check. |
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Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: |
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How do |
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you spend it? |
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John Covici |
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