[Techtalk] Hot swap drive?

[John Clarke]

On Tue, Jul 27, 2004 at 08:20:01AM +0000, Conor Daly wrote:

> So all I have to do is set fs_passno = 0 for my removable drive.  Now, does
> this mean that it will never get checked (not even every 180 days or 32
> mounts whichever comes first)?

Correct, but not because it disables checking completely.  It only
prevents it being checked when "fsck -A" is run, which is usually done
at boot time.

The "every 180 days or 32 mounts" is a check in fsck, not mount, so if
you want it checked, you'll need to run fsck before you mount the
partition.


Cheers,

John
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