Often, the entire fs would be corrupt but fsck would return just fine. It did that to me under debian sarge too. (at least, that's how it is in my Ubuntu install. A 'chkdsk' equivalent that is EXPECTED to often run out of memory is interesting, to say the least.Īnd let's also note that fsck.xfs just returns 0, since surely the log'll just replay and everything'll be fine! - View image here:.
XFS is also very good but the implementations of it (at least on Linux) have been a bit weak - and the tools leave something to be desired.