From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Masover Subject: Re: wrt: checking reiserfs/4 partitions on boot Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2006 13:25:36 -0500 Message-ID: <44F9CCA0.4000605@slaphack.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com In-Reply-To: List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: Peter Cc: reiserfs-list@namesys.com Peter wrote: > On the namesys.com FAQ page, it is recommended that 0 0 be placed at the > end of the fstab lines for reiserfs partitions. I have two questions: > > 1) does this recommendation also apply for reiser4? > 2) why is this recommendation made? Is it unnecessary to routinely check > reiser partitions? I understand that in the event of an abnormal shutdown, > fsck will be forced, correct? I think the idea is that in the event of an abnormal shutdown, you simply replay the journal. With Reiser4, the likelihood of having to run fsck should be even less. Probably isn't now, but should be.