isn't e2fsck better ? man e2fsck to check out all the options, that is
what I do. But please verify if e2fsck will run on your file system
first. I'm a newbie myself and had just one head crash which I used
e2fsck to recover from. The hdd was beyond repair though. I'm planning
to try out a low level format.
Regards,
mario
Shridhar Daithankar wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> Boot as linux single, i.e. in single user mode and run 'fsck -a /dev/hd*'
> Substitute your partition.
>
> -a option tells fsck to assume 'y' as answer to every question it asks. It's
> usually safer to do that. However you can not use this option if fsck during
> boot fails. At this point of time if it can not repair the file system, it drops
> you to a root shell. You are expected to run fsck manually and can not use '-a'
> from here. You need to type a lots of y there.
>
> You need not fiddle with any fsck option. '-a' might be the last one you ever
> need. :-))
>
> And after all efforts if fsck can not do that, you may need to edit the file
> system manually. Of course when you attach that disk to a different machine.
> :-))
>
> Listers, correct me if I am wrong.
>
> Bye
> Shridhar
>
> Sunil Dua wrote:
>
> > Hello there,
> >
> > My file system got crashed due to sudden power failure... and now it does
> > not boot...
> > I tried fsck command but could not fix the problem... could anybody of you
> > tell me the exact option list to be used with the command (fsck <option
> > list>)?
>
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