linux-ext4 - Re: e2fsck and human intervention

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Message-ID: <20070307051913.GF5723@schatzie.adilger.int>
Date:	Wed, 7 Mar 2007 13:19:13 +0800
From:	Andreas Dilger <adilger@...sterfs.com>
To:	Daniel Drake <ddrake@...ntes3d.com>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: e2fsck and human intervention

On Mar 06, 2007  09:27 -0500, Daniel Drake wrote:
> OK. Given that write caching may be required for performance reasons or
> there might be other possible reasons which would result in
> preen-unrepairable fs corruption on power loss, my question is now: Is
> it a really bad idea to run "e2fsck -y" on every boot?

If your primary concern is not halting the boot, then yes.  99% of people
only know to answer "y" to e2fsck anyways.

Cheers, Andreas
--
Andreas Dilger
Principal Software Engineer
Cluster File Systems, Inc.

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