-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 02/02/08 04:53, Jan Willem Stumpel wrote: > After converting my file system to ext3, I thought there would be > no more lengthy fsck's every 20 or so boot-ups. But they still > happen.
Correct. That's the primary ext4 design goal. The benefit of ext3 is that it doesn't need an fsck after *every* improper shutdown. > Some Googling revealed different opinions; some people say "ext3 > does not need periodic fsck's", others say "even with ext3, it is > best to fsck every N boots, because PC hardware is cr*p". And > there are also several different methods (apparently) for > disabling periodic fsck's. > > Is there a "standard Debian doctrine" or "standard Debian > practice" for this? The 20-or-so is different per partition, so that they won't all fsck at the same time. However, because a stable Linux system shouldn't reboot very often, just relying on a boot counter might mean that it would be years between fsck. So, the system also forces an fsck every N days (where N is slightly different per partition). Thus, if you only reboot yearly, they'll all fsck. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA PETA - People Eating Tasty Animals -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHpHmwS9HxQb37XmcRAp+CAJ0UFIBDb1rRDU4CY7d/Tn3R2s6BfgCgonBi ac0KL131PM0euzTjXE/pptY= =/1Td -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
