On Tue, 23 Apr 2002 11:52:23 -0500 "David A. Bandel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Apr 2002 10:45:50 -0400 > begin Kurt Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spewed forth: > > > Hallo, list, > > > > Roger asked about ReiserFS and the absence of a lost+found > > directory. I have an all ReiserFS system at work and none of the > > filesystems have a lost+found directory. This is as of whatever patch > > set was necessary for kernel 2.4.5. I don't *think* Reiser uses a > > lost+found directory, but you could ask on the Reiser lists at > > namesys.com. > > > > In all my years, and more different filesystems than I care to think > about, journalling or not, _all_ partitions contain a lost+found > directory. Someone at reiser must think you'll never need it, but I'd > create one (use the mklost+found utility to do it right). Otherwise, > where do you dump disconnected inodes (and don't tell me reiserfs will > _never_ have this issue). I agree. But it is up to the reiser-specific fsck to make use of lost+found. Seems it does not. Maybe it repairs stuff and maintains the info in its journal, thus not needing to modify the file system itself. Just a guess. -- +============================+===============================+ | Roger Oberholtzer | E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | OPQ Systems AB | WWW: http://www.opq.se/ | | Erik Dahlbergsgatan 41-43 | Phone: Int + 46 8 314223 | | 115 32 Stockholm | Mobile: Int + 46 733 621657 | | Sweden | Fax: Int + 46 8 302602 | +============================+===============================+ _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
