Re: e2fsck and devfs bug?
On Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 09:51:25PM +1000, Brian May wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I identified a problem with e2fsck: It wanted to check all five partitions
> at the same time!
>
> >From /etc/fstab:
>
> /dev/discs/disc1/part5 /var/spool/squid ext2 defaults 0 2
> /dev/discs/disc1/part7 /old/homes ext2 defaults,usrquota 0 2
> /dev/discs/disc1/part9 /old/home ext2 defaults,usrquota 0 2
>
> /dev/discs/disc1/part8 /nfsroot ext2 defaults 0 2
> /dev/discs/disc1/part10 /mirror ext2 defaults 0 2
>
> normally I wouldn't care, but considering this harddisk is showing
> signs of dying, I don't think the extra thrashing this would have
> caused would have done any good.
>
> I know that all partitions were being checked at the same time,
> because
> a) it was very slow
> b) while still checking part5, it reported other parts as being finished.
>
> [504] [snoopy:bam] ~ >dpkg -l e2fsprogs
> Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
> | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
> |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
> ||/ Name Version Description
> +++-==============-==============-============================================
> ii e2fsprogs 1.19-2.bunk The EXT2 file system utilities and libraries
>
> Linux 2.4.3
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> Brian May <bam@debian.org>
>
>
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It does check all partitions at a time to reduce the time it takes to boot.
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