Fsck output does not match tutorials...

Colin Law clanlaw at gmail.com
Sat Mar 26 21:51:14 UTC 2022


On Sat, 26 Mar 2022 at 07:18, Bo Berglund <bo.berglund at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I checked the drive again now, first with and then without -n:
>
> $ sudo fsck.ext4 -n -v -f /dev/sdb2
> e2fsck 1.46.2 (28-Feb-2021)
> Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes
> Pass 2: Checking directory structure
> Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity
> Pass 4: Checking reference counts
> Pass 5: Checking group summary information
>
>       163625 inodes used (34.78%, out of 470496)
>          191 non-contiguous files (0.1%)
>          205 non-contiguous directories (0.1%)
>              # of inodes with ind/dind/tind blocks: 0/0/0
>              Extent depth histogram: 144828/73
>      1159490 blocks used (61.71%, out of 1879040)
>            0 bad blocks
>            1 large file

So there is nothing wrong with the disc.  The problem is corrupted or
missing file data, not a damaged disc.

Colin




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