7 Dec
2001
7 Dec
'01
12:37
On Friday 07 December 2001 13.05, Tim Harrell wrote:
I checked the FAQ on namesys and it says the 5th/6th fields should be 0 0 (Q:28).
From the FAQ:
Why are ReiserFS filesystems not fscked on reboot after a crash? Because ReiserFS provides journalling of meta-data. After a crash, the consistency of a filesystem is restored by replaying the transaction log.
A truth to be taken with a grain of salt. I've had a reiser go corrupt on me, where I had to run reiserfsck. And SuSE's default installation is to have a number in fs_passno same as for ext2. On the other hand they have a number in dump too, and there is no dump, so I don't really know the rationale. And rethorically: if there's no need for fsck, why did they bother making one? //Anders