[Karmic] Boot message "fsck from util-linux-ng 2.16."

[Steve Flynn]

On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 10:30 AM, Detlef Lechner <Detlef.Lechner at gmx.net> wrote:
> Hallo Liste,
>
> When booting my Karmic computer I obtain the message: "fsck from
> util-linux-ng 2.16." What does this message mean?
> I do not believe that Ubuntu has checked the integrity of my hard disk.
> This message was followed too soon by the next boot message.
> What is "util-linux-ng 2.16"? Synaptic does not find such a DEB program
> package. Google tells me it be a "project".

It's the latest version of fsck which also handles ext4 filesystems.
The message you see is it making sure your journal transactions are
either rolled back or completed. It's quite normal.


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Steve
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