On Sunday 25 July 2010 17:24:46 cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: > > > When done, reboot as normal and see if the machine boots up properly. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > And I would stand guard to make sure housekeeping doesn't come around. > > ;-) Cutting power during all this wold not be good. > > You don't need to invalidate the journal or mount ext2, just use -f if > memory serves, be sure the partition is unmounted and that will force a > full check.
Yes, -f does seem to be the right option. It's been ages since I used ext3 and I have no real way to do a test, so I played safe. And the man page could be a little more descriptive too, -f left me with more questions than answers. -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
