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Subject: Re: Question about forcing fsck at boottime
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Chris Rees <utisoft@googlemail.com> wrote:
 > 2009/3/31 Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>:
 > > 
 > > IMHO this background fsck isn't good idea at all
 > 
 > Why?

Google "background fsck damage".

I was bitten by it myself, and I also recommend to turn
background fsck off.  If your disks are large and you
can't afford the fsck time, consider using ZFS, which
has a lot of benefits besides not requiring fsck.

Best regards
   Oliver

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