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Re: [Q] fsck at every boot?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael K. Johnson)
Tue Nov 12 10:26:01 1996
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From: "Michael K. Johnson" <johnsonm@redhat.com>
In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 11 Nov 1996 22:14:48 PST."
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Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1996 10:08:14 -0500
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Borg writes:
>Peter Moulder wrote:
>>
>> Is it necessary that fsck is run every time the machine boots
>> into Linux, even after all clean shutdowns? I haven't had a
>> 'dirty one' yet.
>>
>> I'm sorry, I didn't properly read your question. (Must be my
>> bedtime.)
>>
>> The answer is `no'.
>
>Actually, IMHO the answer is yes.
fsck *is* run on every boot, even clean ones. However, if the
filesystem is clean, fsck doesn't check it, it simple quickly
returns success.
>"fsck" not only checks
>FS for corrupted data but also defragments it.
Sorry, but that is not at all true.
michaelkjohnson
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