On Sun, 2008-02-10 at 08:25 -0600, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > Frank Murphy wrote: > > Cant' follow the man pages for tune2fs. > > > > Want it to auto check every 10 mounts (hda, hdb), as am getting some > > superblock errors. Wouldn't have a clue how to fix them. > > > > has got to do with power tripping\outtages. > > > > Frank > > > You would use "tune2fs -i 10m <device>" as in > "tune2fs -i 10m /dev/sda3". But one thing to keep in mind is that > the check will only happen when the system reboots, so if you reboot > on the 9th month, and the 11th month, it will run the check on the > 11th month. Setting the check frequency this way does not override > the other settings, such as the number of mounts, or if hte check > flag gets set in other ways. > > Errors can normally be fixed by e2fsck. But you do not want to try > to fix a mounted file system. > > Mikkel At the fear of being difficult the OP wanted to check every 10 mounts and that is: tune2fs -c 10 /dev/sdx not: tune2fs -i 10 /dev/sdx -- ======================================================================= Every man thinks God is on his side. The rich and powerful know that he is. -- Jean Anouilh, "The Lark" ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
