From: Matthias Urlichs (urlichs@smurf.sub.org)
Date: 04/10/93


From: urlichs@smurf.sub.org (Matthias Urlichs)
Subject: Re: Request to FS developers... superblock corruption
Date: 10 Apr 1993 21:30:41 +0200

In comp.os.linux, article <1ps9ej$2l0@gdls.gdls.com>,
>
> Well, I'd like to see fsdb, even if it's just there in case I need it. I've
> used it rarely on SunOS, but the times I had to it was invaluable. (Ever
> tried to remove a file with a '/' in the name?)
>
Yes -- I unmounted the thing and ran fsck on it. ;-)

If your fsck is too stupid to do that, fix it.

I've never seen a problem that couldn't be fixed by letting fsck run
(with a suitably out-of-the-way copy of the superblock, if necessary),
but maybe that's just me.
>

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