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From: Maxim Wexler <maxim.wexler@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] fsck won't work if ac cord not attached?!
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:10:10
Message-Id: a0811460911300809m3009aa5atfc7985a936193a0e@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] fsck won't work if ac cord not attached?! by Alan McKinnon
1 aarrrgh!! I'm the one with the netbook!! The default didn't work.
2 Checking fs every boot does. Extra reboot time amounts to a few secs
3 vs not booting at all, dammit!
4
5 On 11/30/09, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote:
6 > On Monday 30 November 2009 05:40:31 Maxim Wexler wrote:
7 >> > Right.
8 >>
9 >> wrong
10 >>
11 >> > Of course, if there are serious filesystem structural problems you'll
12 >> > want to get them solved, but it's either a LiveCD chroot or disable
13 >> > fsck at boot.
14 >>
15 >> There's nothing wrong with the filesystem. It's ext2 and requires
16 >> being checked at every boot.
17 >
18 > Wrong. There is no need to fsck ext2 at every boot. The default is to check
19 > it
20 > every 26 mounts. You can change that if you want, and send your reboot times
21 > sky-high..
22 >
23 >> Before that it wouldn't boot at all.
24 >
25 > That would appear to be a completely separate issue.
26 >
27 > --
28 > alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
29 >
30 >

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Re: [gentoo-user] fsck won't work if ac cord not attached?! Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] fsck won't work if ac cord not attached?! daid kahl <daidxor@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] fsck won't work if ac cord not attached?! Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>