On Wednesday 07 January 2004 14:44, Charles A Edwards wrote: > On Wed, 7 Jan 2004 07:49:07 -0500 > > JoeHill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Actually, Anne made one good point, with a Journaling FS like > > Ext3, you really can skip the fsck. > > Sorry but this is a commonly held misconception. > > Both ext2 and ext3 use fsck. > fsck.ext2 for ext2 > fsck.ext3 for ext3 > > Even ReisferFS and XFS make use of integrity checks, though They do > not use fsck. > Charles, I can't remember exactly who it was on the expert list that said don't do it, but I think it was Todd. Certainly it was someone of great experience.
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