regular fsck runs are too disturbing

[Onno Benschop]

On 11/10/07 02:36, Phillip Susi wrote:
> When was the last time you had a fsck find and fix errors?  I have two 
> machines that have been running reiserfs for 2 years now and have never 
> had to fsck, and on the rare occasion that I am bored and feel like 
> forcing one, nothing wrong is found.
>   
That would be two days ago, before that, a month ago. Hmm, might need a
new HDD :(

My point is this, an fsck is an 'out of band' check, that is, a check
that doesn't rely on other things. It means that while theoretically a
file-system maintains its integrity, in practice it cannot. fsck is a
useful tool that needs to run regularly and every 30 mounts is pretty
reasonable in my opinion.

The user interface it presents is a different conversation altogether.
Predictability and cancellation would be good ideas to implement.

I should also point out that I've been working away at a 'dirty flag'
check for the dosfsck tool, but thus far an implementation has eluded
me. (That and severe time constraints while I get ready for the
onslaught on the World Solar Challenge web site :)

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