[vdr] Re: Filesystem pros & cons

["Christian Vogt" <c.v@nexgo.de>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dr. Werner Fink" <werner@suse.de>


> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > > So why does my standard SUSE 8.1 do a timeconsuming filesystem check
> > > > on every N'th mount of the ext3 partition? (I think N is something
> > > > around 30, and the check takes more than 5 minutes for my
> > > > 120GB disk - a long time when you have started the box because
> > > > you wanted to watch tv... ;-)
> > > >
> > > > Is it misconfigured or 'by design' ?
> > > > Any idea how to stop this?
> > >
> > > Use tune2fs to set those values ("man tune2fs").
> >
> > Or modify your /etc/init.d/boot.localfs not to fsck ext3-partitions
> > (in case you use only journalling-fs you could simply comment out
> > the fsck-line)
>
> Don't do that.  The e2fsck exactly knows if a journal is available and
> applies this.  This well documented, e.g. `man e2fsck' the first
> few lines.  In other words:  e2fsck is _required_ even for ext3 fs.
>

Many thanks for all the hints!

After reading the man pages, I think "tune2fs -c0" is the way to go, even if
the manpage warns about disabling the regular forced check.

Maybe it's a good idea to add a "e2fsck -f -p" when shuting down the box.
(only once per month of course...) This way, I still have regular forced
checks, but the box is always starting as fast as possible. Any
recommendations from where to trigger this? Maybe from
/etc/init.d/halt.local ?

Christian





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