On Tue, 26 Jan 1999, Hamish Moffatt wrote: : On Tue, Jan 26, 1999 at 01:42:25PM +0100, E.L. Meijer Eric" wrote: : > > : > > This is an unusual checking by my machine (this is all I could cut&paste), : > > has anything gone wrong here? : > : > [ output of regular fsck check ] : > : > This is not a bug, it is a feature. After a number of reboots, your : > hard disks are checked by the fsck program. The same thing happens if : > you do not shut down properly. The `errors' that were found (deleted : > inode has zero dtime) are quite common. They never caused any trouble : : I get quite a few errors usually when this occurs. Why is that? : To me, that indicates bugs in the file system drivers.
I'm flying by the seat of my pants here, but I believe it has something to do with a daemon's log file not being completely cleared before the system shuts down (as in `shutdown -h now'). I was told that the "deleted inode has zero dtime", or hwatever the exact message is, isn't a big deal nor is it worth worrying about. Other fsck errors are more worrisome :) I wish I could find that original email. I don't believe any of this is caused by a bug in the fs drivers, though. Cheers, -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet 410 South Phillips Avenue Sioux Falls, SD mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP Key: (0xA33B86E9)
