raas
29-12-2007, 14:13
Hi,
I have some questions relating to e2fsck (http://linux.die.net/man/8/e2fsck).
I encounterd some problems with files on my ext2 drive mounted at /mnt
the behaviour was that some files/directories couldn't be removed, even not in an SSH session, the message it gave me was a 'Segmentation Fault'
So I searched this forum and stumbled across e2fsck
I unmounted my /mnt partition an let it run with the following command:
e2fsck -py /dev/discs/disc0/part3
/mnt is (was) mounted on /dev/discs/disc0/part3
it ran for about 2 hours, giving me a huge log of what it had done/fixed/repaired.
After rebooting and mounting I could delete the files I was having problems with.
so far so good..
Only thing I want to know is (being the linux n00b that I am):
I presume that e2fsck is some sort of disk checking tool like window$ has checkdisk, but should I be concerned of deleting/damaging files by e2fsck, because I don't know its exact use...
TIA
I have some questions relating to e2fsck (http://linux.die.net/man/8/e2fsck).
I encounterd some problems with files on my ext2 drive mounted at /mnt
the behaviour was that some files/directories couldn't be removed, even not in an SSH session, the message it gave me was a 'Segmentation Fault'
So I searched this forum and stumbled across e2fsck
I unmounted my /mnt partition an let it run with the following command:
e2fsck -py /dev/discs/disc0/part3
/mnt is (was) mounted on /dev/discs/disc0/part3
it ran for about 2 hours, giving me a huge log of what it had done/fixed/repaired.
After rebooting and mounting I could delete the files I was having problems with.
so far so good..
Only thing I want to know is (being the linux n00b that I am):
I presume that e2fsck is some sort of disk checking tool like window$ has checkdisk, but should I be concerned of deleting/damaging files by e2fsck, because I don't know its exact use...
TIA