[wplug] fsck on mounted fs?

[Zachary Uram]

On 5/17/05, Bill Moran <wmoran at potentialtech.com> wrote:
> 
> You can run fsck on mounted fs, as long as it's mounted read only.
> 
> Running fsck modifies the filesystem independently of the filesystem
> code, thus it is possible to have fsck changing metadata at the same
> time the filesystem code is changing it, and the result could be
> a completely hosed filesystem.
> 
> Like many things in computers, there's a mathematical gamble involved.
> You _might_ run it, and if the computer is relatively unused, it might
> not cause any problems.  It's never a good idea, and it _can_ corrupt
> your filesystem, but you also might get away with it.  How much are
> you willing to gamble?

Thanks for the caveat Bill. 

Zach

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