[PLUG] SuSE 8.2 disk integrity check configuration

[Wil Cooley]

Also Sprach Chris Dawson <xrdawson at gmail.com> on Mon, Jan 09, 2006 at 09:56:51AM PST:
> I have a few SuSE 8.2 machines.  Every 30 reboots, the OS does a disk
> integrity check to make sure there are no bad sectors on the disk. 
> Since this is a 200 GB disk, it can take 20 to 30 minutes.  Is there a
> way to detemine how many more reboots before that check?  I'd like to
> be able to prepare better.  Anyone know where this is stored, and even
> how to change it?

Check the output of 'tune2fs -l /dev/XXX'; you'll find "Mount count" and
"Maximum mount count".  I don't know if "Mount count" is a lifetime total
or if it is reset by fsck; at any rate, you should be able to test for
count mod max == 0.

Wil
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