I don't remember where I read it, but it was an authoritative source I think. They specifically said one should never use FSCK with journaled file systems. It has fixed some things for me. TechTool Pro works well for me too. But I'll be getting Disk Warrior eventually.
on 1/26/05 2:27 PM, Nigel Stanger at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 26/1/2005 7:36 PM, "Eric Welch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake thus: > >> From what I've been reading, since the file system has gone journaled by >> default, FSCK is not a good way to fix the file system. > > But isn't fsck basically what Disk Utility runs? The output from both looks > identical. If it's not recommended, why would Apple make it available in a > standard system utility? I tend to run fsck if the system crashes, which > doesn't happen that often (although my new G5 has crashed twice in the first > week). > > Oddly, since I got the new machine, I've occasionally had fsck spew a few > errors then complain that it can't fix the file system, and yet if run again > immediately, it says that there are no problems. That doesn't really inspire > confidence :) > > Yes, Disk Warrior is better, but it takes such a long time to do its job > that I only run it occasionally. fsck is much faster. Eric Welch Carlsbad, CA http://www.jphotog.com "I would rather see him burn the Flag and wrap himself in the Constitution, than to burn the Constitution and wrap himself in the Flag." -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
