> * From: "Douglas A. Tutty" <dtutty@porchlight.ca> >Does anyone know how much memory fsck needs to check a large filesystem? Linkname: Considerations when creating ext3 filesystems - Ext4 URL: http://ext4.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Considerations_when_creating_ext3_filesystems#Memory_needed_to_fsck_the_filesystem Unfortunately, even that answer does not contain a formula to calculate the needed memory (or time).