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Re: [Xen-users] resetting lost root password on a xen guest

To: Steven Timm <timm@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] resetting lost root password on a xen guest
From: Nico Kadel-Garcia <nkadel@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:12:30 +0000
Cc: Liam Kirsher <liamk@xxxxxxxxxxx>, xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Steven Timm wrote:
On Tue, 30 Oct 2007, Liam Kirsher wrote:

Steven, why do you write "being sure to fsck it afterwards" ? Is that
important?

I don't have much experience with Xen but I did see an
error like you described below, and after making it a point
to fsck domU file systems after I unmounted them from dom0
I haven't seen the problem again.

Steve Timm
It's a belt and suspenders tactic from the older days of filesystems, when fsck was part of every reboot and when booting form CD didn't exist. It can't hurt, and it can help prevent a really laborious fsck at boot time when no one is around to type the root password at the console.

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