Gary Hodges wrote:
>
> I've been getting this message on boot up:
>
> EXT2-fs warning: maximal count reached, running e2fsck is recommended
>
> I just ran e2fsck and am getting the same message on boot up. I didn't do
> anything special with e2fsck, just ran it with the -v flag. Also, it
> complained about hdb1 being mounted, but would let me continue anyway. Is
> there a way to unmount a linux partition and still run e2fsck? That is, I
> only have hdb1 and hdb2 (swap). Can I umount hdb1 somehow and run e2fsck
> on hdb1?
>
> Anyway, why am I being asked to run e2fsck? It seems with my other Linux
> machines, e2fsck, or something like it, is run automatically whenever the
> maximal mount count is reached. Do I need to set something up?
>
If you have the fs_passno set > 0 for the partition in /etc/fstab, I
don't know what is going on. If you don't, try that. If you only have
one non-swap partition I don't know if you can unmount it, because fsck
will be on the unmounted drive (and therefore unreachable). You would
probably need to be sure it's done at boot, which is done by setting
fs_passno to 1 (for root filesystem) or 2 (for other Linux filesystems).
See man fstab.
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Fred W. Noltie Jr.
Criterion Consulting
Coon Rapids, MN USA
Running Linux 2.0.33
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