Ben Scott wrote: > On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 8:35 AM, Alex Hewitt <hewitt_t...@comcast.net> wrote: > >> My Ubuntu 8.10 system uses EXT3 for the root filesystem and will >> automatically fschk the volume every 35 mounts. >> > > I see the question's been answered, but here's some general commentary, > FWIW. > > I generally find it's more appropriate to use the time interval > check, and disable the maximum mount count check. The theory being > that it doesn't really matter how often you mount the filesystem. If > you reboot 5 times a day because you shut your PC off when you're not > using, that doesn't necessarily mean you need to check every week. > Contrariwise, if you almost never reboot, that doesn't mean you only > need to check once per decade. > > Since I like to divide things up into multiple partitions, I can > also tune based on filesystem usage. For example, my /tmp partition > checks every 30 days, but my /usr partition checks every 180 days The > theory being that a filesystem with more activity is more likely to > encounter problems. > > I have my root and boot partitions set to check every mount. The > theory being that they're really important. They're also small in my > setup, so it only takes a few seconds. > > OTOH, if you have multiple partitions, you can disable the time > interval and use different mount counts, and avoid checking multiple > filesystems at once. > > -- Ben > _______________________________________________ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ > >
Thanks Ken, Dave and Ben for the answers and thoughtful analysis. I currently have essentially one large partition for Linux and another large partition for Vista. I think when I set up my next system I'm going to make the granularity of the file systems finer by dividing up the mount points/partitions. It's been a standard practice for a long time to separate system and data partitions/disks primarily for backups but in the case of a file system check, it speeds operations enormously. -Alex _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/