On Sun, Aug 29, 2004 at 01:47:15PM -0700, mike wrote:
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> that's what i'm hoping to find BEFORE something bad happens.
XFS does much more internal checking then other filesystems.
> how come windows can check it's filesystems and/or defrag while it's in
> use, but linux can't? i don't get that.
xfs_fsr runs on mounted filesystems, but its rarly necessary.
as for checking, windows can't check a filesystem which is in use
either, it tells you it will just mark it to be checked on next reboot.
the reason is the checkers can only look at the on disk structures,
which will not necessarily be correct at all times since the system is
using it.
> in summary, you're saying that if it's mounted, i'm SOL for doing any sort
> of filesystem optimizations or maintenance...?
you don't need to.
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Ethan Benson
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