Karsten M. Self saw fit to inform me that: >on Sun, Jul 29, 2001 at 03:52:24PM -0500, Kevin C. Smith ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >wrote: >> Maybe this is a stupid question but: >> >> I plan to try the reiserfs, but an curious about the fsck. >> In particular, about when it runs after so many boots. >> Do I have to disable this somehow. I suspect a e2fsck on a reiserfs >> would be bad. > >This behavior is dictated by your /etc/fstab. ext2fs filesystems will >fsck on some count of mounts (with appropriate mount options). By >specifying 'reiserfs' as the filesystem type, which is necessary to >mount the reiserfs filesystem(s), you'll avoid this behavior. > >Compare, e.g.: vfat, minix, iso9660, and other filesystem types, which >don't run automatic filesystem checks on mount counts. > >e2fsck on a non-ext2fs filesystem will exit with errors, no harm done >(not sure in case of ext3fs).
Just yesterday Converted my ext2 file system of Potato to ext3. It was a smooth shift. debian:~# mount /dev/hda3 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro,errors=remount-ro) proc on /proc type proc (rw) devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620) /dev/cdrom on /cdrom type iso9660 (ro,noexec,nosuid,nodev,user=rajesh) /dev/hda6 on /mnt/funstuff type vfat (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,errors=remount-ro) /dev/hda5 on /mnt/data type vfat (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,errors=remount-ro) /dev/hda1 on /mnt/windows type vfat (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,errors=remount-ro) /dev/hda9 on /mnt/ext3 type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro) debian:~# debian:~# e2fsck /dev/hda9 e2fsck 1.22, 22-Jun-2001 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09 /dev/hda9: clean, 12/134784 files, 175293/269080 blocks No problems with e2fsck on ext3. However see to it that u have the latest version of e2fsprogs. The current one is 1.22 which works quite well. Warm Regards -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rajesh Fowkar [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kurtarkar Nagari,Bldg-C,T4, http://rajesh.computers.webjump.com Santacruz,Ponda-Goa-403401-INDIA Powered By : Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 R-3 Kernel 2.4.7(with ext3),Mutt 1.3.19i,IceWM "Silence is the true friend that never betrays." - Confucious ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
