Re: "Forever" fsck?

On 2006-09-20, joseph2k <quiettechblue@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Andrew Gideon wrote:

On Sat, 02 Sep 2006 07:38:23 +0000, joseph2k wrote:

I personally am in favor of reformatting the partition to say NTFS then
back to EXT3. After running smartmontools of course.

I understand the benefit (and cost) of a reformat. But why "through" NTFS
(or anything else other than ext3)?

Precisely, something very different than ext3. Then when you reformat back
the reformatting is 100% real; no shortcuts. I have had this make all the
difference.

Why not just "vfat" then? Less filesystem cruft to create if you're just
going to blow it away again right away.

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-John (john@xxxxxxxxxxx)
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