Re: e2fsck...

Jim Woodward (jim@jim.southcom.com.au)
Thu, 12 Nov 1998 16:17:42 +1100 (EST)


On Wed, 11 Nov 1998, Kurt Garloff wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 11, 1998 at 03:11:39PM +1030, Mofeed Shahin wrote:
> >
> > I am just wandering what (if any) are the concequences of running e2fsck
> > on a read/write mounted fs (such as the root partition)?
> > Linux 2.0.34

Ive done it in the past as an emergency measure.. but i wouldnt make a
habbit of it :)

might be risky :)

if i wanna repair a partition an old slackware boot disk comes in handy :)

With Regards,
Jim.

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