Re: How often should I fsck my ext3 partition?

[Johannes Wiedersich <johannes@physik.blm.tu-muenchen.de>]

Thanks for your answers!

Ali Milis wrote:
> Johannes Wiedersich wrote:
>
> > The debian default of my sarge installations is that the ext3-FS are
> > fsck'ed about every 30 mounts or 180 days (whatever comes first).
>
> 180 days is reasonable for new disks.
> Perhaps you would like to lower it when your disk goes old.
>
> Did you know "SmartMontTools"?

Yes, I've been using it for quite a while now; never seen problems.

I'm using sarge; as long as I won't start experimenting with new 
kernels, I will just increase the count to say 90 mounts and have the 
laptop checked more than once per month.

Johannes