Hi, On 10/1/07, Vincenzo Ciancia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I still am convinced that fsck is _not_ the right tool for the purpose. > Ext3 already has a journal that should (hopefully) avoid file system > corruption due power failures. What is the point in running fsck > periodically? If it's to check for disk errors, then badblocks is the > right tool and it can run read-only on a mounted filesystem.
Sounds good. Could an Ubuntu developer please explain what advantages and disadvantages there might be with badblocks and whether it would be difficult to switch to that tool (running in background)? Thanks. Regards, Waldemar Kornewald -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
