Why fsck runs after every 30 mounts?

[Phil Bull]

Hi Pranab,

On Wed, 2007-09-05 at 18:53 -0400, Pranab Shenoy wrote:
> I have attached a write up on why the fsck program runs after every 30
> disk mounts. Please have a look and let me know
> if any sections need be removed. It a simple text file for now, and I
> have yet to convert it to Docbook which I will do only 
> upon getting approval.

Thanks for your article, it looks great! I think that this might be more
suited to the Help wiki, as it is quite lengthy and includes lots of
background information. It can be linked to from 'CommonQuestions'.

I'll be happy to include a shorter version in the system documentation
itself, though. Could you write a short summary (maybe just a couple of
paragraphs) of this article, please? You don't need to include any
background on fsck or filesystems in this, you just need to explain that
'fsck is run every 30 mounts' and that 'it checks your hard disk for
errors in order to make sure that your data is safe'.

Thanks again,

Phil

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