JFS partition "Dirty but looks Clean"

There are eight JFS partitions on my eCS v1.1 system; at boot time,
all are reported as being "Clean". Six of these partitions are also
recognized by a Linux system on the box, suggesting that something may
be not entirely right with the other two.

Trying to discover what it might be, I ran chkdsk on all eight, one at
a time (I know that chkdsk is not able fully to analyze JSF
partitions, but I was stumbling about, looking for clues to the
difference). For six of the partitions, chkdsk immediately reported
"Clean"; for the other two, it had to scan, ponder a bit, and report
that the partition is "Dirty but looks Clean" (or words to that
effect), so these two partitions are indeed dicey in some way, and
Linux's failure to recognize them is not a Linux quirk.

What might be happening in those partitions? How might it be possible
to get them "Squeaky Clean"?

--
Stan Goodman
Qiryat Tiv'on
Israel

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