Schedule a disk check

[Tom H]

>>  Oddly enough my 9.04 laptop install checks the Linux file systems each
>> boot, even when I shut it down correctly, so it's not really a waste of
>> time, it's just wasting time doing it each boot.

> Does it say it is doing a routine check?  If so you should be able to
> change this using tune2fs.  If it is not 'routine' then there must be
> some other reason for doing it.  If it were my system I would be
> concerned by this.

I no longer have a 9.04 install to check but check the mountall script
in either /etc/init or /etc/init.d.

Run
tune2fs -l /dev/sdaX
and look at the
maximum mount count
and
check interval
values.