Subject: Re: fsck
To: Jon Ribbens <jon@oaktree.co.uk>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 04/07/1997 12:06:47
On Mon, 7 Apr 1997 19:57:01 +0100
Jon Ribbens <jon@oaktree.co.uk> wrote:
> Fine by me. What I'm unhappy with is the operating system apparently
> deliberately going out of its way to make things difficult, and not
> going even the slightest bit out of its way to make things easier.
> I'm not asking for a lot here.
FWIW, I happen to agree with you... fsck can be a mite intimidating, esp.
considering that when you're interacting with it, you're typically thinking
"Oh, sh*t. I hope I didn't lose _too_ much..."
> Cool. Maybe someday it'll even be documented.
Actually, quite a lot of the fsck behavior is documented in the paper
entitled:
Fsck_ffs - The UNIX File System Check Program
This is SMM chapter 3, and can be formatted for printing by doing:
cd /usr/share/doc/smm/03.fsck_ffs
make
You'll get a "paper.ps" suitable for printing.
Jason R. Thorpe thorpej@nas.nasa.gov
NASA Ames Research Center Home: 408.866.1912
NAS: M/S 258-6 Work: 415.604.0935
Moffett Field, CA 94035 Pager: 415.428.6939