On 15 Jun 2003 12:13:19 +1000 Brian Parish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered:
> > WARNING!!! Running e2fsck on a mounted filesystem may cause > > SEVERE filesystem damage. > > Ah, so this is the problem is that fsck is dangerous when run on an active filesystem. > OK, the easiest way to handle this is to boot from the first install > CD then type rescue after hitting F1. From there you'll get a menu > which allows you to get a console without having your filesystems > active. Then you can safely fsck.ext3 /dev/hda6 Still seems like an awfully harsh treatment for such a minor problem. It's just one directory out of the whole system, sheesh... I can't believe there's no way to just delete it! How about just fsck.ext3 /home? Thanks for all the help guys! so much for my uptime! :( -- Joehill Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: http://nodex.sytes.net 22:40:49 up 11 days, 20:44, 7 users, load average: 11.00, 11.00, 10.91
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