This is just a note that the filesystem has reached the maximum number of mounts allowed before it does a complete recheck of the filesystem for errors and internal consistency. You will note that "check forced" means it's doing the check. You don't have any problems, this is just an informative message, and the check is a good thing to do periodically. It slows down your reboot, though.
If you want to change the number of mounts before a check is forced, run tune2fs if this is ext2 or ext3. I don't recall what the command is for reiserfs or any other file system. Why are you still running the Marist distribution? That thing is almost five years old. There are many other distributions out there that are later releases with a lot of newer features you -WILL- want to use, especially the SIGNAL SHUTDOWN feature and use of Guest Lans or VSWITCH. Marist is, if I recall, the 2.2.16 kernel. You'll want the 2.4.19 kernel or later if you can get it. The current kernel is 2.6.x. Check out linuxvm.org. So one elephant says to another, "You'll never believe what happened last night. I was trying on Groucho Marx's pajamas--and he shot me!" Gordon Wolfe, Ph.D. (425)865-5940 VM Technical Services, The Boeing Company > ---------- > From: Kim Colwell > Reply To: Linux on 390 Port > Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 3:48 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Max Mount Count > > We've been running Marist Linux to get our feet wet with Linux for the > past couple of months -- and are now getting the following error when it > starts up ........ > > /dev/mnda has reached maximal mount count, check forced. > > everything seems to be running OK, though ... > > is this just a warning message that I should be checking / clearing a > log somewhere or something like that? > > any information would be appreciated ..... TIA > > Kim Colwell > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
