joe morris zll_lspevjntmorg 02172008 1216 pm tom patton wrote see argument supporting multiple small partitions system large work partitions srv local data whatever true would speed fsck checks partitions would smaller would fsck program intelligent enough check outofrange partitionsand thus provide lesspainful wait happens dont knowthus question yes joe morris registered linux user 231871 running opensuse 103 x86_64 wed 06 aug 2008 203327 0800 opensuse ext3 check forced frustration