I understand the basics of file layout, inodes and inode/file-name mapping
and such. But I still basically always hit yes to fix any FS errors! Is
there any guide to educate on when to say no ;)

About the RFE. That sounds interesting. Having sshd into initrd would be
useful. But what would be more useful is having the "actual" console
messages/errors printed there. i.e. Is there a way to have that telnetd in
busybox (or sshd) actually be a "virtual" console that shows errors, and
accepts logins and system repair operations ? Let me know if that can be
done somehow. Basically, it should be just like a serial console, just over
sshd
umm .. maybe screen inside sshd ?

On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 12:07 AM, John Summerfield <
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> Tom Sightler wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 2008-04-15 at 23:40 +0200, Ahmed Kamal wrote:
> >
> > > Problem
> > > =====
> > > This leaves me with no "remote" way to fix serious errors such as FS
> > > checking
> > > Suggestion
> > > =======
> > > Is there such a thing as remote serial console. I'm thinking *if* the
> > > kernel gets to boot, then it immediately starts the network interface,
> > > and a tiny server for sending console messages to whoever is
> > > connected. I should be able to fix FS corruption and other serious
> > > problems. My question is, does such a thing exist ?
> > >
> > >  If most of your problems are simply moderately serious filesystem
> > corruption that you repair by running fsck and answering "y" to all the
> > questions (which is what most people seem to do) then you can probably
> > just add the file /etc/sysconfig/autofsck with contents like:
> >
> > AUTOFSCK_OPT="-y"
> >
> >
> I've often wondered how many people are competent (as in able to make
> informed decisions) about the questions a manual fsck presents.
>
> I still feel much the same as I did when I was presented with my first
> one, around RHL (not RHEL) 4.x or earlier:
> ??
> <shrug>
> e2fsck -y ...
> xx fingers.
> Seems okay.
>
>
> >
>
> --
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> Cheers
> John
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