Re: SuSe 9.3: Bad sector on XFS volune, how to fix? CONCLUSION.

From: Arthur Hagen (art_at_broomstick.com)
Date: 06/15/05


Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 19:14:33 -0400

AnonymousFC3 <ano@fc3.net> wrote:
> OK, I got it right (finally):

Glad to hear!

> Could it be that the SUSE install do not reformat an XFS a partition
> which is already formatted as such?

By default, it will not reformat existing partitions unless you tell it
to. At the partitioning screen during the install, you can change that,
though.

> Also it would make sense to only install SUSE on an healthy partition
> (xfs_check for ex.) which is obviously not the case.
>
> _Conclusion_: SuSE could/ (should?) enhance it support for XFS
> partitions: better detect, better install, better check.. and
> possible fix.

This isn't unique to xfs, but yeah. And they should *always* mark
xfs_tools for install if there's at least one xfs partition. Similar
for other file systems, of course.

Regards,

-- 
*Art


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