Why does force fsck generate/move so many files to "lost+found" even in an empty filesystem?

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Issue

  • Why does force fsck generate/move so many files to "lost+found" even in an empty filesystem?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • EXT3

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