On Sat, 14 Jun 2003 12:30:47 -0400 "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu> wrote: <snip> > If your description of the events were accurate, the only > thing that can explain it is hardware error, or user error > (i.e. you accidentally specified the wrong device > somewhere along the line). > > Without more detalis about specifically what error > messages were displayed by fsck, it's really hard to say > much more, unfortunately. Thank-you for responding Ted, I can see how I could have made an error when running the SuSE rescue-disk fsck - but I can't imagine how I could have done anything that would sabotage the fsck forced by "shutdown -r -F" - and that was the one which really scared me. I did my best to report the error messages fsck displayed, and I think I have summarised them accurately - they were the only ones I saw. I understand, however, that it is very difficult for you to diagnose an error which I cannot now reproduce. I ran a "shutdown -r -F" again this afternoon and it completed without problems. In case it is a hardware thing, I have made sure that the removable clone of my hdd that I keep (usually in my safe), is up-to-date and working. Thanks again, Geoff _______________________________________________ Ext3-users@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users
