On Sunday 15 Jun 2003 2:39 pm, JoeHill wrote: > On Sun, 15 Jun 2003 11:10:15 +0100 > > Richard Urwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > > The "correct" way is to drop to single user mode with "telinit 1". > > Then unmount /home if it is still mounted read-write. > > That would have avoided a reboot?
Yes. It would probably have maintained the uptime too. > In any case, would it have allowed me > to simply delete or otherwise dispose of the directory without running > fsck? IMHO, you should always fshk first. doing anything with a corrupted filesystem is asking for trouble as it can spread the corruption. -- Richard Urwin
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