fsck after every dual boot

[Mark Haney]

Chris Mohler wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 1:02 PM, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> On 01/27/2009 10:06 AM, Brian McKee wrote:
>>> On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 12:06 AM, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>>> I've one dual-boot system that does an fsck every time I reboot back
>>>> into hardy following a WinXP boot/session. Two other identical systems
>>>> don't do this, only this one.
>>>>
>>>> Any clues on where I should start looking?
>>> <straw grasping>
>>>
>>> Is it only after you boot windows?  or is it every time you reboot?
>>> (You might only ever reboot to run Windows, thus....)  Does /forcefsck
>>> exist?
>>>
>>> </straw grasping>
>>>
>> Only after I boot Windows. No /forcefsck on that system. Interestingly
>> enough, I _do_ have an /forcefsck on this system that has no problems
>> dual-booting.
> 
> OK - my turn to grasp at straws : is windows mounting your ext2/3 partition(s)?
> 
> Chris
> 

Also, have you done a full fsck after a reboot?  Does it find anything
at all?  I mean, this might indicate a bad drive, it's not likely, but
it is a possibility.  Are you seeing any errors when you run it?


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