Re: disaster please help

From: Green, Simon (Simon.Green_at_EU.ALTRIA.COM)
Date: 06/23/05

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    Usually, I just use the basic ones.
    "-n" if I'm feeling conscientious and want to check what's going on. Also,
    of course, if I suspect a problem.
    "-p" usually for problems.
    "-y" if there are lots of errors. Actually, I increasingly use this rather
    than -p because I always answer "yes" anyway.

    Usually I run it on one filesystem at a time. If I've got a lot of data to
    check - like a major SAP system crashing, leaving a TB or so of corrupted
    filesystems - I do multiple filesystems in parallel. It seems to work quite
    well, but I found it a bit difficult to keep track of exactly what was going
    on. Best to just give it the -y flag and let it get on with things. When I
    do this, I specify a list of filesystems - not a group - and make sure that
    they're not sharing the same disks. So I end up doing two or three batches
    of fscks.

    I've never had occasion to use the more obscure flags, (-i, -d etc). 

    -- 
Simon Green							
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From: IBM AIX Discussion List [mailto:aix-l@Princeton.EDU] On Behalf Of Drew
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Sent: 22 June 2005 22:00
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Subject: Re: disaster please help
Excellent explanation Simon.
One question for clarification. What are the most common flags you normally
run with fsck?
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