Re: How often should I fsck my ext3 partition?

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).

This is just my Euro 0.01 opinion:

180 days is reasonable for new disks.
Perhaps you would like to lower it when your disk goes old.

Did you know "SmartMontTools"?

regards,

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