On Wed, Aug 11, 2004 at 05:54:35PM +1000, Peter Jeremy wrote.. > On Wed, 2004-Aug-11 08:17:39 +0200, Nicolas Rachinsky wrote: > >* Charles Sprickman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-08-10 23:52 -0400]: > >> I was hoping for some option in fsck to allow an alternate lost+found > >> directory on another device, but no such luck. > > This isn't possible - all fsck does is to create a directory entry > pointing to the file. You could add an option to fsck to allow you > to specify the directory name but you are still limited by fsck's > inability to use indirect blocks for the fsck directory.
Is this the same thing I remember from SysV days where we used to create a ton of files in lost+found and then delete them so that in case fsck ever needed dir entries it could re-use them? (memory is very dim..) -- Wilko Bulte [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
