Maybe you should consider switching to ext3 or some other journaling fs. -peter > "Sandip" == Sandip P Deshmukh <Sandip> writes: > > Sandip> hello all! i use debian 3.0, filesystem is ext3. > > Sandip> i realize that it checks the partitition after mounting it > Sandip> for 20 times, checking is forced. > > Sandip> now, is there a way in which i can change it to, say 50 > Sandip> times or say, once in n days, etc? >