That means that the machine didn't unmount it when you shut down. Are you
using the shutdown and reboot commands on your system?
Cyclone
Axalon Bloodstone wrote:
> Clarification, it will fsck the drive. it will not however say "maximal
> mount count reached" it will say something totaly different, "/dev/XXX was
> not cleanly unmounted check forced" to be specific..
>
> On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, Bois, Mathieu wrote:
>
> > It also happens the next time you reboot, if you exit from Linux without
> > unmounting the partitions (typicly, in the case of a power outage).
> >
> > Mathieu
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Ken Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: 12 October 1999 04:57
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: RE: [expert] maximal mount count?
> > >
> > >
> > > It's a routine check. All your Linux partitions will get this check
> > > after they've been mounted x number of times. It checks for
> > > fragmentation and other disk ailments and attempts to correct the
> > > situation.
> > >
> > > Ken Wilson
> > > First Law of Optimisation: The speed of a non-working program is
> > > irrelevant
> > > (Steve Heller, 'Efficient C/C++ Programming')
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David van Balen
> > > Sent: Monday, October 11, 1999 7:51 PM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: [expert] maximal mount count?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I just booted my machine and got the message: "/dev/hdb1 has reached
> > > maximal mount count, check forced" after which linux
> > > proceeded to run a
> > > check that lasted several minutes.
> > > Does this indicate a problem? Or is it just a routine check? If so,
> > > what's
> > > it checking for?
> > >
> > >
> > > DvB
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
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