Re: Repeated forced fsck--Bug?
John Summerfield <debian@ComputerDatasafe.com.au> said on Mon, 30 Aug 2004 15:14:28 +0800:
> David Baron wrote:
>
> >After the requesite number of mounts, fsck ran. The auto-run failed so I typed
> >in fsck -f. This proceded to uneventfully check all the file systems. Fine.
> >
> >At next boot up, the non-root file systems were rechecked. The message said
> >that they had not been checked for 4970 days or something like that. How old
> >is potatoe?
Potato? Very old. But I am reminded I got this problem just a few days
ago installing 2.2r2, and before apt-get dist-upgrading.
> Alternatively, how longis 4970 days?
>
> summer@kowari:~$ echo $((4970/365))
> 13
> summer@kowari:~$ echo $((14*365))
> 5110
> summer@kowari:~$
> so between 13 and 14 years.
> 2004-14=?
$> opfloat 4970*24*3600*10'/(2**32)'
0.999793410301208
ie, 4970 days is the number of deciseconds that fit in 32 bits.
Why they count in deci-seconds, I don't know.
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