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Old 06-20-2004, 11:58 PM   #1
Necronomicom
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is reiserfsck --rebuild-tree safe for the HDD files?

I wanted to check my hdd for bad sectors and blocks so i runned reiserfsck --check, but it tells me i need to run rebuild-tree first.....

Is there a chance i will loose my files?
 
Old 06-21-2004, 12:17 AM   #2
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try man reiserfsck

but I would make backups of config files via removeable media/remote server or hard drives

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