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On Sunday 25 July 2010 17:24:46 covici@××××××××××.com wrote: |
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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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Yes, -f does seem to be the right option. It's been ages since I used ext3 and |
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I have no real way to do a test, so I played safe. And the man page could be a |
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little more descriptive too, -f left me with more questions than answers. |
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