On Feb 2, 2008 2:53 AM, Jan Willem Stumpel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. > > 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?
I usually use tune2fs to change checks to every 30 days or 30 boots, mostly because I don't boot that often; I either leave machines on (thus not unmounting filesystems) or use hibernate. -- Paul Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
