Ubuntu becomes unusable - force fsck when needed

[Edward Murrell]

Hervé Fache wrote:
> The startup scripts would run 'fsck -y' instead of 'fsck -a' after a
> reboot if only we created a /fix file on failure...
>
> We could also use reiserfs by default, although I think ext3 is more
> reliable in case of power failure. Apart from when it goes wrong like
> here of course!
>
>   
If ext3 is going to be replaced, would JFS be better?

XFS is equally as capable, but last I checked, had has issues with GRUB.

I've heard various reports and had my own issues with ReiserFS doing funny
things with data.