On 09/13/2011 07:39 PM, Matt Garman wrote: ... > Also, as a side question: I always do this---let my servers run for a > very long time, power down to change/upgrade hardware, then forget > about the forced fsck, then pull my hair out waiting for it to finish > (because I can't figure out how to stop it once it starts). I know > about tune2fs -c and -i, and also the last (or is it second to last?) > column in /etc/fstab. My question is more along the lines of "best > practices"---what are most people doing with regards to regular fsck's > of ext2/3/4 filesystems? Do you just take the defaults, and let it > delay the boot process by however long it takes? Disable it > completely? Or do something like taking the filesystem offline on a > running system? Something else? ... I make an effort to note the count before rebooting and if I don't have time to allow the fsck, I will adjust the max-mount-counts to give me some time to plan an fsck on a subsequent reboot. -- Josh Miller Open Source Solutions Architect http://itsecureadmin.com/