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From: steve@quonset.cfht.hawaii.edu (Steven Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: fsck
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Date: 22 Jan 91 20:23:53 GMT
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It is a good idea to run fsck before you do a dump.

I have had the experience of a 835 file system (HP-UX 3.1 and 7.0)
being hosed from normal (for us) operation (no crash/power failure/etc),
and a dump of this file system being less than helpful when the file 
system eventually ate itself.

But, I do play fast and loose when I feel lucky ;->
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Steven S. Smith 		Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Corp. 
steve@cfht.hawaii.edu