** Summary changed: - Filesystem is never checked for removable USB disks with ext3 + ext 3 filesystems are never fsck'ed if they live on removable USB disks
** Description changed: I don't know which package to assign this bug to, and sorry if it has been reported before - I couldn't find a report. - ext2/3 filesystems are regulary fsck'ed after a give number of boots if + ext2/3 filesystems are regulary fsck'ed after a given number of boots if those filesystems are part of the fixed disks. However removable USB disks (I can only check for those, but I guess firewire at al. also share this) are never fsck'ed automatically. This might me dangerous because they are much more likely to be removed incorrectly (w/o unmounting) and are attached/reattached frequently. I just realized that my external disk was mounted hundreds of times without ever being checked (and am sure that despite trying to be responsible, I sometimes yanked the cable w/o unmounting) -- ext 3 filesystems are never fsck'ed if they live on removable USB disks https://launchpad.net/bugs/85291 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
