On Sat, 19 Jul 2003, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > Bill: > I've noticed is that the maximum mount counts for the / partition are > set to -1 (never do a filecheck), but for two partitions that were > converted to ext3 have maximum mount counts of 21 and 29 (one will be > checked every 21st boot, the other every 29th boot). Should these be > reset to -1? Or does that depend upon my paranoia level?
I'm no expert in that regard, but I for one like the idea of checks being triggered periodically. It would seem to provide a modicum of insurance against the more gradual sorts of file corruption. But that's just me. :) OTOH, if you only reboot every six months or so ... you do the math. ;) -- Bill Mullen [EMAIL PROTECTED] MA, USA RLU #270075 MDK 8.1 & 9.0 "There are two kinds of people in the world, those who believe there are two kinds of people in the world and those who don't." - Robert Benchley
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