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DateTue, 16 Jun 1998 18:03:13 -0400 (EDT)
FromTrevor Johnson <>
SubjectRe: e2fs + large disk == slug?
> under parse_options in super.c of ext2:
> 
>                 else if (!strcmp (this_char, "nocheck")) {
>                         clear_opt (*mount_options, CHECK_NORMAL);
>                         clear_opt (*mount_options, CHECK_STRICT);
>                 }
> 
> Not sure if you can specify 'nocheck' on the boot line, but you could put
> those lines of code in to prevent checks for (all of) your ext2
> filesystems.   I'm not going to argue whether it's a bad thing or not (it
> probably would eventually be bad), just that it's possible.

According to the fstab(5) man page:

       If the sixth field is not pre-
       sent or zero, a value of zero is returned  and  fsck  will
       assume that the filesystem does not need to be checked.
___
Trevor Johnson


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