Well, journaling is not fool proof, but it will usually allow you to recover with very little difficulty. When fsck runs, it first checks to see if the filesystem has a journal. If so, it replays it to recover the filesystem. Then, it checks to seeif a bit has been set in the filesystem which indicates other errors. If the bit is set, it performs a complete check to repair any damages. -- Joseph C. Lininger jbahm at pcdesk.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Holmes" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 6:17 AM Subject: Re: how to fix the file system? > Yes, ext3 makes things much better. However, I had a recent power > failure which caused my system to come back up but I ended up with > some errors during reboot. I had to fight my way through. Most times > though, the journal feature of ext3 saved my butt. I still wonder if > the errors I got weren't specific hard drive problems I might be > having - have to see on that one. > > On Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 12:47:12AM -0600, Joseph C. Lininger wrote: > > System will most likely run fsck automatically. Actually, if your running > > Redhat 9, you've probably got ext3 filesystem which does not need to be > > checked after this happens. It will simply recover the journal. > > -- > > Joseph C. Lininger > > jbahm at pcdesk.net > > -- > HolmesGrown Solutions > The best solutions for the best price! > http://ld.net/?holmesgrown > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
