On Thursday 30 Jan 2003 12:27 am, Chuck Burns wrote: > On Wed, January 29 2003 5:35 pm, FemmeFatale wrote: > > At 06:14 PM 1/29/2003 -0500, you wrote: > > >if I su to root, and type fs and hit tab, autocomplete gives me these > > > (among others); > > > fsck, fsck.minix, fsconf, fstobdf, fs2xbm, fsck.ext2, fsck.reiserfs, > > > fsinfo, > > >fstopgm, fsbrowser, fsck.ext3, fsck.xfs. > > >so Iwould bet, fsck.xfs would be the tool to repair xfs filesystems..... > > > > *Hand Ed a cookie* > > Actually, ed, and Femme, if you run fsck itself, it usually automatically > determines the filesystem type, and then runs the appropriate file system > checker, when then checks the filesystem, and repairs it.. The only time I > have had it work incorrectly, was when the filesystem was pretty much > beyond repair anyway..
Thing is, Chuck, that fsck seemed to get itself into a twist and couldn't fix it, whereas the rescue route didn't seem to run fsck, yet did fix it. It's all very puzzling. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302
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