DD not working

Andy Green andy at warmcat.com
Thu Aug 30 17:57:07 UTC 2007


Somebody in the thread at some point said:

> /dev/sdb5 is mounted.
> WARNING!!!  Running e2fsck on a mounted filesystem may cause
> SEVERE filesystem damage.
> 
> Do you really want to continue (y/n)? yes

That is like a gun saying "Warning, gun is pointed at your head... Do
you really want to continue firing projectile (y/n) yes"

Whatever was on /dev/sdb5 is fixed "real good" now, bust out the backups
(but don't fsck them!)

-Andy




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