At 1:28 PM -0500 7/8/05, Mike McCarty wrote: >I sue GRUB and FC2. > >I notice that somewhere along the way, Linux no longer does a >forced fsck when coming up after a power outage reboot. It used >to default to a forced fsck, but now it defaults to a minimum >check and then mounts. > >Is there a way to get the default to be a forced fsck, the >way it used to be? You could always switch back to Ext2 if you want long checks. This is probably not a good idea. >What is the rationale for the default being just to mount? Through the miracle of Ext3, a full fsck is no longer needed in most cases. The short check replays the Ext3 "journal"; I think it will do a long check if the journal doesn't take care of the problem. Replay should be much more reliable than fsck trying to guess what would have been correct. ____________________________________________________________________ TonyN.:' <mailto:tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ' <http://www.georgeanelson.com/>
