HD activity in 10.04

[Basil Chupin]

On 25/01/2011 15:42, MR ZenWiz wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 8:35 PM, Basil Chupin<blchupin at iinet.net.au>  wrote:
> :
>> If I remember correclty, but I do not vouch for my memory, Lucid (10.04)
>> checks the file system for errors after 10 reboots but Maverick now after
>> (?)20 reboots.
>>
> Pshaw!  You underestimator!
>
> IIRC, the last time I got hit with automatic file system checks it was
> because it had been 183 days since one of the file systems was last
> checked.  I don't remember ever having auto fscks after X number of
> reboots, and given how often the Linux kernel is patched (2-3 times
> per quarter or more), it makes more sense to do a time check than a
> reboot count check.

So solly, Mr ZenWiz, Sir, but my Maverick installation (and my wife's) 
regularly goes on a Checking HDs expedition and it ain't every 6 months 
:-) .

Perchance you fiddled with that file I mentioned ( the name of which I 
know not)?

BC

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