From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Sun, 15 Feb 2026 17:01:06 -0500, Paul wrote:   
      
   > On Sun, 2/15/2026 3:23 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>   
   >> On Sun, 15 Feb 2026 06:37:31 -0500, Paul wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> That's a failure to do the safety checks first (FSCK before   
   >>> backup) ...   
   >>   
   >> Not sure why that would be necessary, unless you’re doing low-level   
   >> access to the volume and bypassing the filesystem code in the   
   >> kernel.   
   >>   
   >> Otherwise you can rely on the kernel to ensure the filesystem is   
   >> fit to access -- that is the authoritative implementation of the   
   >> filesystem-access code, after all.   
   >   
   > Do you remember the old SunOS OS and the file system there ? That   
   > used to regularly tip over.   
   >   
   > And it used to take forever to start, and read the filesystem and   
   > make sure it would work.   
      
   We have journalled filesystems now.   
      
   So, to get back to my original question, what was the need for “FSCK   
   before backup”, again?   
      
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