Re: [LI] Maximal count reached

[Sachin Garg <sachin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 4 Oct 1999, Binand Raj S. wrote:

> /dev/hda5 has gone too long without being checked .. check forced?

There are a number of parameters u can configure with tune2fs.

Maximum Mount counts: Max. number of times a file system is mounted
before it is forced to be fsck'ed. 

Interval Between Checks: Time interval between two successive calls to
fsck for the same file system.

So, as one can see that these two parameters are different.

These parameters on my machine are:

Filesystem volume name:   root
...
Last mount time:          Mon Oct  4 15:38:54 1999
Last write time:          Mon Oct  4 18:49:29 1999
Mount count:              1
Maximum mount count:      10
Last checked:             Mon Oct  4 15:36:48 1999
Check interval:           1209600 (2 weeks)
Next check after:         Mon Oct 18 15:36:48 1999

What this means is that if I mount/unmount this device more than 10
times in a 2 week period, when I try to mount it the 11th time, I will
get the "Maximal Count Reached" message.

OTOH, if I keep my machine on for > 2 weeks, it doesn't crash and I
don't fiddle with the file system, then on the next boot fsck will be
forced because of the time interval parameter!

hope this clears this stuff up!

regards,

sachin

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