is it ok to disable the complete fsck for every startup?

Goh Lip g.lip at gmx.com
Tue Aug 10 02:55:37 UTC 2010


On Tuesday 10,August,2010 07:30 AM, Robert Swanson wrote:
> 	I am still running 6.06 on one of my machines, and I want to know if it is
> wise not to do the complete system check on every startup.
> 	If it is reasonable not to do the check, how do I disable it in init.d
> Thanks
> Bob
>

For ext3/ext4, default is every 30 boots
for btrfs, not necessary. but see below...

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=163500
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/ubuntu-help/88818-disabling-fsck-startup.html
http://dannyman.toldme.com/2008/11/19/e2fsck-frog-off/

Regards - Goh Lip






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