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Re: Switched from ext2 to ext3...no fsck needed after crash?



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On Sat, Apr 26, 2003 at 06:24:08PM +0200, Willem-Jan Meijer wrote:
> When I do mount I see /dev/hda1 is mounted as ext3.
> I just want to be sure...when I get a crash and the computer resets
> itself...I don't have to do a forced fsck?

That's right!  Pretty cool, huh?

The system will periodically fsck at mount when it hits so many days
without checking (usually around a month) or after so many remounts,
even on normal boots.  This is normal, even journaled filesystems need
to be checked for consistancy over time.

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