[Resolved] Re: fsck after every dual boot

[NoOp]

On 01/27/2009 11:18 AM, Mark Haney wrote:
> 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?
> 
> 

No errors.

Chris gets the cookie today :-) Turns out that it was an issue with
ext2ifs mounting the Ubuntu drive & not cleanly dismounting it when
WinXP closed. Cleaned up sda1, reset ext2ifs, and all is well again -
thanks Chris!