Re: maximum mount count

From: Ed Sawicki (ed_at_alcpress.com)
Date: 08/08/04

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    David L Norris wrote:

    >On Sat, 2004-08-07 at 14:51 -0700, alan wrote:
    >
    >
    >>On Sat, 7 Aug 2004, Ed Sawicki wrote:
    >>
    >>
    >>>I'm running Fedora Core 2. dumpe2fs tells me that the
    >>>maximum mount count of the root partition is "-1". The
    >>>dumpe2fs man page doesn't document what -1 means.
    >>>Does someone here know?
    >>>
    >>>
    >
    >-1 is your maximum mount count. -1 effectively means "never force a
    >check based on the mount count."
    >
    >
    So, -1 is the same as zero it seems.

    >
    >
    >>>If I adjust the maximum mount count to force the root
    >>>file system to be checked on the next boot, the check fails.
    >>>
    >>>
    >
    >Fails how? Fails as in doesn't run? Or fails as in says the filesystem
    >is corrupt?
    >
    >
    The latter. It says the filesystem is corrupt.

    >>>Yet, when I check that partition with Slackware, it checks
    >>>OK. Does someone know why this happens?
    >>>
    >>>
    >>Maybe it is set to "never check"?
    >>
    >>
    >
    >The check must be forced if the filesystem was cleanly unmounted.
    >
    >
    >
    No, I run fsck manually with Slackware and it works - the filesystem
    is OK. Yet, Fedora sees the filesystem as corrupt. 

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