On Wed, 7 Jan 2004 10:51:49 -0500 Charles A Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hardware and software errors that corrupt random blocks in the > filesystem are not generally recoverable with the transaction log and > necessitate the usage of fsck. > > After a crash or hard reset is when these hardware and software errors > are most likely to manifest themselves. > Choosing to skip fsck will allow these errors to not only remain but > also allow them to propagate and fester. > This may appear to have no effect on system performance or behaviour > but as time progresses, depending upon the root cause of the error, the > system behaviour may and can become erratic leading to even > non-recoverability and a forced reinstall. Thanks for the explanation! Saved me some time on Google... :-D -- JoeHill ++ ICQ # 280779813 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling."-- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary
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