hmm, on Fri, Oct 02, 2009 at 10:49:56PM +0200, Otto Moerbeek said that > > here's the thing: even though every single diagnostic message > > fsck may produce is documented in /usr/share/doc/smm/03.fsck_ffs > > i dont see how these questions help at all. what i mean is, > > there is nothing to compare the diagnostic data to anyway, so > > what is the answer going to be based on? so far i have always > > only took the leap of faith and pressed yes or always.. what > > else is there to do? > > make a dump of the partition before going to execute potentially data > destroying actions?
yes, this is sound advice of course. but what are you going to do with the dump if say, fsck is not able to revive the fs? "dump" it back, run fsck again and answer "no" at a couple of fsck prompts? how is it going to change anything in the end? -f -- forget everything, as one day everything will forget you.
