On Sun, 24 Aug 2003, Vincent Meyer, MD wrote: > On Saturday 23 August 2003 03:13 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Today is about the fourth time I had to explain that pressing "Y" for a > > filesystem check on an uncleanly shutdown system is a bit idea, at least > > on ext3. I think I had it myself once or twice as well. If you do this > > fsck is very likely to remove a bit to many of your files. It actually > > seems much worse than normally on ext2 (but it is a long time ago that I > > used ext2, so perhaps its normal), and it is definately much worse than > > using the journal to restore the fs. > > > > In any case, rc.sysinit message sounds like if pressing Yes within 5 > > seconds is a good idea, while on a journalling system, it is probably not > > the best idea. So either: > > - remove the message al together for journalling fs (an expert can still > > do it manually, if for some reason it is wanted) > > - make the check sound like a bad idea. > > > > d. > .. or if it's an ext3 partition have it ask about restoring from the journal > instead of running the ext2 file system check? Would this be hard to do? >
Please see bug 4862, I think it has been fixed sufficiently, I tested a few times on 9.2b2 on my laptop, and haven't been able to reproduce the same behaviour on it I saw when doing the same things on 9.1. Regards, Buchan -- |----------------Registered Linux User #182071-----------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 ***************************************************************** Please click on http://www.cae.co.za/disclaimer.htm to read our e-mail disclaimer or send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a copy. *****************************************************************
