interesting note on fsck and journalled filesystems

[christoph at linuxsoup.com (christoph at linuxsoup.com)]

I'd be curious to know how many of you check the lost+found after
a fsck.  Many junior admins I know have no idea why it exists and
believe that journaling is a magic bullet for fool proof filesystems.

Grant Young wrote:
> fsck and its interaction with the "user" made sense with smaller
> machines with slower processors and I/O buses. 
>

>> .. SNIP ..

> > It's such a hassle to try to get a non-computer type to punch in 
> > "fsck -y /dev/sd0a", or something like it.