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Subject: Re: Reformat h140

Re: Reformat h140

From: Sander Sweers <sander.sweers_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 19:26:11 +0200

On Thu, 2006-08-24 at 10:04 -0700, Shane wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> My RB setup seems to have gone into an inconsistent state.
> That is, RB won't enter folders, just comes back to the
> root directory. I've reformatted via mkdosfs -F 32
> /dev/sdf1 and reinstalled RB on the newly created FS.

Check your log file for IO errors from the harddisk sdf. I suspect the
drive is dying, but I hope for you it isn't :)

> The funny thing is the RB settings weren't wiped out and the
> same folder issue exists. I assumed a reformat would clear
> the RB settings so anyone know where those live. Do I need
> to reserve sectors in the format or something.

I am not sure but the setting are kept on disk and somewhere else
(correct me if i'm wrong here!).

Greets
Sander
Received on 2006-08-24

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