I was getting ready to install RSync on the Empeg, when I set the drive to RW I got the unchecked file system warning. When I tried to run FSCK I got this message:


empeg:/empeg/bin# ro
empeg:/empeg/bin# rw
EXT2-fs warning: mounting unchecked fs, running e2fsck is recommended
empeg:/empeg/bin# ro
empeg:/empeg/bin# umount /dev/hda4
empeg:/empeg/bin# fsck -fay /
e2fsck 1.29 (24-Sep-2002)
fsck: Is a directory while trying to open /

The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2
filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2
filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock
is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock:
e2fsck -b 8193 <device>

empeg:/empeg/bin# fsck -fay /dev/hda4
e2fsck 1.29 (24-Sep-2002)
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
/dev/hda4: 7139/152576 files (7.8% non-contiguous), 3627572/4862970 blocks
empeg:/empeg/bin# swapoff /swapfile
swapoff: /swapfile: Invalid argument
empeg:/empeg/bin# sync
empeg:/empeg/bin#

I have recently converted my file system to EXT-3. Could this be why this no longer works? Is there some other way to correct this on a EXT3 FS partition? Everything still seems to be working fine but I'm nervous.

Thanks