Um, isn't that kind of like a steering wheel that won't turn the car? :) Actually, I understand. the filesystem is a work in progress. Besides, I've been using reiserfs for at least 8 years, and can probably count the number of times I have fscked it on two hands. But then again, when I needed to, I *really* needed to...
In my particular case, the data on the external drive will be backed up elsewhere and available instantly from my workstation or fileserver, so "nuke-and-pave" is an option. --b On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Sven Joachim <svenj...@gmx.de> wrote: > On 2010-11-25 18:18 +0100, Wayne Topa wrote: > >> On 11/25/2010 11:40 AM, green wrote: >>> I suppose we all know about this already: http://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org >>> It is probably noteworthy that btrfs does not yet have a fsck tool. >> >> Really? That's not what the package description says.. >> >> Package:btrfs-tools >> >> >> Priority: optional >> >> >> Section: admin >> Installed-Size: 1288 >> Maintainer: Daniel Baumann <dan...@lists.debian-maintainers.org> >> Architecture: amd64 >> Version: 0.19+20100601-3 >> >> This package contains utilities (mkfs, fsck, btrfsctl) used to work >> with btrfs >> and an utility (btrfs-convert) to make a btrfs filesystem from an ext3. >> >> Is it wrong??? > > No, but the description forgets to mention that the btrfsck utility > cannot repair filesystems. > > Sven > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87vd3l8fo9....@turtle.gmx.de > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktik+hf6u75-0hexmv5o=x0g0paocs=3vzgqy+...@mail.gmail.com