The debian default of my sarge installations is that the ext3-FS are fsck'ed about every 30 mounts or 180 days (whatever comes first).
I assume that debian's installation defaults are reasonable. However one of the computers is a server with thousands of files changed in /home each day; the other one is my laptop with far less files changed per day. I have daily backups of all important data. The laptop is booted often and consequently fschecked almost once per week or fortnight (which I consider more than a bit anoying). The server is almost never checked (it's rebooted about once or twice per year, whenever a security update installs a new kernel). Is it reasonable to fsck the ext3-partitions of the laptop so often? Is it reasonable to fsck the partitions of the server so seldomn? What is a reasonable schedule for a server or a workstation? Thanks for any hints! Johannes NB: the ext3-usage-Howto states: 'it is your responsibility to periodically schedule downtime for the manual checking of disks.', without being more specific. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
