On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 09:51:52 +0530 Rajev Mhasawade <rcmpost@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > I need help.Plz confirm me if im in a problem.Is my HDD corrupted? > I have Fedora 3.When i right click /usr (which is a separate > partition) it first calculates used space and then this comment below > it. "(some contents unreadable)".Same with /doc partition. > I did check my /doc partition using fcsk but i didnt understand the > output it gave. > --------- > [root@localhost ~]# fsck /dev/hda12 > fsck 1.35 (28-Feb-2004) > e2fsck 1.35 (28-Feb-2004) > /dev/hda12 is mounted. > > WARNING!!! Running e2fsck on a mounted filesystem may cause > SEVERE filesystem damage. > > Do you really want to continue (y/n)? yes > > /doc: recovering journal > /doc: clean, 29/393600 files, 32977/787177 blocks As some have already said, ignoring the warning was probably not a good thing. As regards the original problem, "some contents unreadable" - that is often just a permission error. For example, if you became root and edited a file in your home directory, then only root would be able to read it. That can be solved with the "chown" command. best regards, Robert
