[CentOS] fsck

[Les Mikesell]

On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 2:21 PM, Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org> wrote:
>>
> The reason it is not the default in CentOS is because it is not the
> default in RHEL.
>
> As to why it is not the default in RHEL, I can't say for sure ... BUT
> ... -y (auto answer yes) is more dangerous that -p (preen).  The
> definition of preen is "to automatically fix any filesystem problems
> that can be safely fixed without human intervention".  When you do -y
> instead, it answers yes to everything ... including things that can't be
> fixed "without human intervention".  That is not necessarily the safest
> thing to do.  If you choose to do this, make sure you have good backups :D
>

I do sort-of understand the difference between the -p and -y - and the
CentOS position on the subject.  But seriously, how many people are
going to be able to recover a filesystem better than fsck?  And you
need the backups anyway - the disk might really be dead.

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   Les Mikesell
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