Ubuntu’s forced file check
I was going to make a post about what I thought it would be a good way to solve this problem, but looks like that way already exists (how silly of me to think nobody would’ve tried and search for a solution for this problem before).
I read about it here and I just won’t install it right now on my laptop because I haven’t been using it as a laptop anymore (because of the cracks) and it just sits here always on, so it wouldn’t be that much useful to me right now. Maybe when I finally get a new laptop.
So I started doing some more research about this subject and ended up finding two bug reports about it (here and here) and the AutoFsck official website is even located on the Ubuntu wiki. It’s author wants to promote it’s inclusion on Ubuntu 8.04, so here I am showing my support to the project and hoping it really gets included on Ubuntu some time soon.
Update:
Link for the blueprint page for AutoFsck on Launchpad, kindly provided by AutoFsck’s creator, Jonathan Musther.
October 6th, 2007 at 6:57 pm
Regular fscks are a ‘feature’ of ext2/ext3. You could also go with reiserfs, xfs, or any of the other filesystems that don’t require regular fsck’s. My laptop’s reiserfs filesystem has been in regular use for four years now, with no glitches whatsoever. Before using GPFS, I’ve used reiser for large datastores with heavy use, with no need for fscks.
The best solution for a problem is to avoid it entirely.
October 6th, 2007 at 7:08 pm
I know about that, but the frequency of those file checks can be configured (and not done at all), and with autofsck the user can choose when he’ll have that file check done.
Honestly, I prefer using ext3 and having those filechecks instead of reiserfs. I’ve already used reiserfs for a longtime and had my share of problems. If you’re using it on a machine which is always on and doesn’t get disconnected accidentally often, you’re ok, but if you’re using it on a laptop which gets connected/disconnected several times a day, some of those accidentally (which happened a lot in my case due to some other problems on my laptop), believe me, you’re asking for trouble. I’ve had it, and I know more persons who complain about this. Some (like you) might be lucky. Reiserfs might be fast and everything, but when it comes to stability and data integrity you can’t beat ext3.
October 24th, 2007 at 7:54 pm
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