Re: Serious ext2fs problem

Andrew E. Mileski (aem@nic.ott.hookup.net)
Mon, 30 Dec 1996 15:48:55 -0500 (EST)

> Two questions:
> 1) How can I fix the filesystem?

I've found there are some errors which the kernel detects, but the
_latest_ fsck doesn't (and therefore can't repair). To cure one recurring
error, I ended up re-mkfs on the partition :-(

Perhaps fsck (ext2) needs an update?

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