Re: [gentoo-user] Problems booting my server - ext2 - e2fsck

[covici@ccs.covici.com]

Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:

> Alan McKinnon wrote:
> > On Sunday 25 July 2010 06:57:43 KH wrote:
> >    
> >>> You said you ran e2fsck and it was OK. What was the command?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Normally with an e2fsck on a journalled fs, the app will replay the
> >>> journal  and make a few minor checks. This takes about 4 seconds, not
> >>> the 40 minutes it takes to do a ful ext2 check.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I think you might need to fsck without the journal. I know there's a way
> >>> to do  this but a cursory glance at the man page didn't reveal it. Maybe
> >>> an ext user will chip in with the correct method
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>        
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I ran on the two partitions e2fsck /dev/sde3 as well as fsck.ext3
> >> /dev/sde3 . Yes, it only took some seconds.
> >>      
> > It's been a long time since I used ext3 so some of this might be wrong.
> >
> > An fsck that takes a few seconds is using the journal, which might not uncover
> > deeper corruption. You should try disabling the journal (I couldn't find the
> > way to do that though), but this will also work:
> >
> > Boot of a LiveCD, mount your root partition somewhere using type "ext2" and
> > fsck it. This will invalidate the journal but that's OK, it gets recreated on
> > the next proper boot. Let the fsck finish - it will take a while on a large
> > fs.
> >
> > When done, reboot as normal and see if the machine boots up properly.
> >
> >
> >    
> 
> And I would stand guard to make sure housekeeping doesn't come around.
> ;-)  Cutting power during all this wold not be good.

You don't need to invalidate the journal or mount ext2, just use -f if
memory serves, be sure the partition is unmounted and that will force a
full check.

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