Re: ext3 corruption

[Molle Bestefich]

Duane Griffin wrote:
> > And what will e2fsck do to my dear filesystem if I let it have a go at it?
>
> To be safe, run it on an image of your filesystem first.

Yes, hmm, I don't have another terabyte handy, unfortunately.

> That is assuming you have enough spare space, of course.
> If not then you should at least run e2fsck with -n first to find out
> what it wants to do.

How close to 1-1 does "-n" relate to non-"-n" ?

For example, does e2fsck take into consideration the changes it would
have done itself in regular mode when it proceeds to the next problem
and/or phase of a -n operation?

If it doesn't, then that command is, well, totally useless.

So :-).  Does it take that into consideration?

> Personally, my risk tolerance would be closely correlated with
> the quality of my backups.

I hear you loud and clear...
Sigh ;-).

> "I never could learn to drink that blood and call it wine" - Bob Dylan

Hmm.  I like it.
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