Checking the file system every 22 boots

[Ari Torhamo]

la, 2008-04-12 kello 15:06 -0600, Karl Larsen kirjoitti:
> Ioannis Vranos wrote:
> > OS: Ubuntu 7.10 x86.
> >
> >
> > Why does Ubuntu run a full file system ext3 check every 22 times? ext3
> > is considered robust. Is the default mode of ext3 under Ubuntu 7.10
> > other than "ordered mode"? Is there any way to disable this unnecessary
> > forced file system check?
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Ioannis (John)
> >
> >   
>     You can get it to not ask but I really do not care. It happens and 
> takes just a few seconds and is automatic. Just slows down booting slightly.

A few seconds? Slows down booting slightly? Your hard disk must be
small. I haven't timed the file system check on my system, but for my
200 GB partition it's more like a few minutes, or at least a couple, not
a few seconds. I can't stretch my imagination far enough to call that a
slight slowdown :-)

Ari