From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Sun, 15 Feb 2026 19:07:02 -0500, Paul wrote:   
      
   > On Sun, 2/15/2026 6:35 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>   
   >> So, to get back to my original question, what was the need for “FSCK   
   >> before backup”, again?   
   >>   
   > It's to make sure that when you read metadata from the file system,   
   > it can successfully be used to put everything back.   
      
   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.   
      
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