[KLUG Members] To mke2fs or not to mke2fs

[Adam Tauno Williams]

>However, I am more than a little concerned about the integrity of my system
>because I have not run a regular /sbin/mke2fs /dev/sdb1.
>Now that I am confident that I am getting a good tape backup, this weekend I
>would be able to down the server, run /sbin/mke2fs /dev/sdb1 and restore the
>drive from tape.
>Is this a good thing or am I just being paranoid about my file system?

Your probably being paranoid.  If fsck says your OK, then your almost certainly
OK.  But paranoia is not a bad thing when it comes to filesystems,  I'd rebuild
it.  It is also a good chance to look at your average file size and see if your
block size if optimal.