text_combined: thomas hertweck dgjxygthgfofiuwebde carlos f lange wrote anyone else getting annoyed periodic check forced ext3 partitions want make sure theres check next boot time use fastboot mechanism want make sure file system check next boot time eg scheduled downtime use forcefsck mechanism want disable automatic checks ext3 filesystems use tune2fs already mentioned emails however usually replay journal takes place boot time filesystem marked clean thereafter nevertheless could still filesystem problem somewhere caused whatever reason eg bad disk bad cable bad memory kernel bug filesystem bug etc problems mark filesystem dirty ie usually problems go undetected first thats general good idea run complete fsck time time minimizes potential data loss since problems mentioned detected earlier principle holds filesystem ext3 disable automatic filesystem checks completely initiate regular checks hazard consequences respectively suses default settings might sometimes bit inconvenient conservative safe th wed 06 aug 2008 133040 0000 opensuse ext3 check forced frustration