Re: non-critical ext3-fs errors and IDE issues with 2.4.19-rc3

Andreas Dilger
2002-07-24T22:59:58Z

On Jul 23, 2002 20:19 -0400, Ed Sweetman wrote:
> On Tue, 2002-07-23 at 16:48, Andreas Dilger wrote:
> > Well, this is an error, and the next time the computer is restarted it
> > should force a full fsck on the partition. The other "panic" (oops)
> > situations are when things are totally shot and it is better to stop
> > doing anything than try and continue. In this case, it is possible to
> > continue, but that doesn't mean things are OK.
>
> I rebooted after setting max mount count to 1 so it would force an fsck.

That is not the right thing to do, FYI. That will mean that each time
you boot (even after clean shutdown) you will get an fsck. Instead,
you should change the mount count (-C), or the time it was last checked
(-T on more recent tune2fs) to force it to fsck. That will make it a
one-time event.

Yes, you could also touch /forcefsck or whatever, but that would force
it for all filesystems, again probably not what you want.

Cheers, Andreas
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Andreas Dilger