Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] fsck won't work if ac cord not attached?!
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:08:15
Message-Id: 20091130090711.6d5267ed@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] fsck won't work if ac cord not attached?! by Maxim Wexler
1 On Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:40:31 -0700, Maxim Wexler wrote:
2
3 > > Of course, if there are serious filesystem structural problems you'll
4 > > want to get them solved, but it's either a LiveCD chroot or disable
5 > > fsck at boot.
6 >
7 > There's nothing wrong with the filesystem. It's ext2 and requires
8 > being checked at every boot. Before that it wouldn't boot at all.
9
10 If the filesystem was cleanly unmounted, fsck does nothing, except on
11 every 30th mount (unless you have changed to with e2fstune). The
12 filesystem should mount whether you run fsck or not. On the other hand,
13 having a battery run out during a fsck operation could be damaging, so
14 the idea of skipping this check when on battery power is a good one.
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18 Neil Bothwick
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20 Do hungry crows have ravenous appetites?

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