Ashis Kumar Mal wrote:
> Recently my RHL-6.0 m/c got crashed due to power failures. Now while
> running fsck /dev/hda5, (after maximal mount count) it complains
> error reading block 70921 (Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted
> in short read) Ignore error(y/n) When I say yes, it boots up normally. There may be
>some error which is
> beyond my knowledge. How do I repair the fault ?
Unmount the partition (or make it read-only) and fsck it.
> And is there any way to increase the maximal mount count no, so that it
> does not run fsck often.
man 8 tune2fs
And, of course, you *should* back up the filesystem before you make any modifications
to it.
Vinu.
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