-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 14 April 2002 10:44 pm, ben wrote: > On Sunday 14 April 2002 10:40 pm, Alvin Oga wrote: > > hi ya axacheng > > > > > fileserver:/# e2fsck -v -y /dev/hda > > > bash: /sbin/e2fsck: Input/output error > > > > you cannot run e2fsck on a "disk"... you need to run e2fsck on > > ext2 partitions > > e2fsck /dev/hda1 > > e2fsck /dev/hda2 ... > > > > NOTE... do NOT run e2sck on your mounted "root partition" > > ( read the warnings you would be getting especially root > > partition... > > > > ( ie... dont do -v -y in your example.... or you'd > > ( be creating major problems on your machines > > > > the error messages may be real or self-induced mis-leading errors... > > > > if you do NOT have any of those seek errors in your logs, than > > i'd not worry about your disk yet ... > > > > am assuming that there are no such warnings other than > > on Mar 15 03:09.... which is exactly the same time you rand the > > erroneous e2fsck command > > > > if yu do have tons of these error at all times of the day and nights > > than you have a dying disks... > > - copy off all your data to a new backup disks > > > > - start replacing the ide cables and wiggle it and see > > if there is good connections or shorts or other whacky stuff > > can you indicate some point of reference to justify that claim? my system > runs e2fsck by default after every 20 bootups, and i've yet to notice any > damage due to that. > > ben
Greetings Ben: I think 'boot' is the keyword, where the root file system has yet to be mounted. - -- Jaye Inabnit\ARS ke6sls\/A GNU-Debian linux user\/ http://www.qsl.net/ke6sls If it's stupid, but works, it ain't stupid. I SHOUT JUST FOR FUN. Free software, in a free world, for a free spirit. Please Support freedom! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8umyrZHBxKsta6kMRAhMaAKCkjU45cvLDUqlgtAx0QjqrNTxp/wCdGWO4 7C4wxmS1q53965ZZUQsdWYo= =SV6b -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]