fsck_hfs -fy /dev/disk0s1 etc, for each partition or disk (using the correct address in the last sector beginning with 'disk'), completely fixes each journaled disk.
-- Paul Berkowitz MVP MacOffice Entourage FAQ Page: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/faq/index.html> AppleScripts for Entourage: <http://macscripter.net/scriptbuilders/> PLEASE always state which version of Microsoft Office you are using - **2004**, X or 2001. It's often impossible to answer your questions otherwise. > From: Eric Welch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 22:27:56 -0800 > To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Database corruption > > 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/> > > -- 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/>
