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My filesystem is ok – but xfs_check or xfs_repair shows errors/won run – whats wrong here?

April 26, 2017errors filesystem Ok run shows wrong xfs_check

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My filesystem is ok – but xfs_check or xfs_repair shows errors/won run – whats wrong here?

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You can not run xfs_repair on a mounted filesystem although support is available in CVS (08-02-2002) that let’s you run xfs_repair with the -n switch on a read-only mounted filesystem. You must not try to repair a mounted fs since this will result in dataloss and corruption when attempted. If you have to repair you’re filesystem it needs to be unmounted first. If this is the root (/) filesystem this will mean you have to boot from a bootable CD and perform the repair on the unmounted filesystem. There is a link to various bootable floppy/cd projects mentioned in the FAQ here.