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n952162 wrote: |
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> I'm not seeing how doing an fsck from a live cd helps. |
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Generally speaking, something ends up being mounted rw and if it isn't |
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clean, that can cause issues that may have been fixable before to become |
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issues that are no longer fixable. This is why a lot of people put a |
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rescue system in /boot and add it to their boot loader menu. Sadly, my |
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/boot partition isn't large enough or I'd do that as well. If you have |
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data you don't want to lose and no backups or only older backups, you |
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don't want to do anything that involves risk. Booting something else |
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and fixing file system errors is the safest way. |
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The bad thing about this, you won't know how serious it is until you do |
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something the wrong way. It's like me the other day. I'm susceptible |
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to catching infections. My neighbor has the sniffles and is prone to |
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sinus infections. I went for a visit without realizing it could be |
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contagious. He ended up going to the Doctor and finding out he has |
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strep. Now I'm sitting here watching for symptoms and at the ready to |
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go to the Doctor at the first sign. Looking back, I should have waited |
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until he was no longer sick. The other thing is, I can't turn the clock |
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back. I've been exposed to something I can catch now. I need to |
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remember that when he has the sniffles, treat it as a worst case |
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scenario until I know it isn't. If you do the wrong thing with a file |
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system, you will learn about it after it is irreparable if not careful. |
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Treat it as bad and you are less likely to do damage. Treat it as if it |
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isn't and you could lose data if it ends up having a problem that must |
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be fixed first. It's about trying to limit the risk. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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