FSCK usage and configuration

[rogerlld]

Hi everyone,

I'm a permanent newbie as I've tried several Linux distributions. Finally I came up with Kubuntu which seems reliable and also easy to use.

My PC has 2 hard disk, first with 250Gb and secons with 150Gb. First one has 2 partitions one for Windows XP (NTFS) and another for Kubuntu (ext3), the second HD is used as Data (FAT32).

Everything is Fine, the only trouble is when I boot my PC with Kubuntu every time it checks Kubuntu partition, quiet fast, and second hard drive, which is quite slow it almost take 10 minutes.

I wonder if it's common in Kubuntu? Can I Avoid it or at least to be not everytime? How can I configure it?

I've seen some info regarding Fsck but I don't know if it also applies to my trouble.

I'll be very glad if someone can help me.

Regards

Roger

[penguin.ch]

Re: FSCK usage and configuration

Could you please post the contents of /etc/fstab ...?

[Rog131]

Re: FSCK usage and configuration

Hmm - maybe this helps:

HowTo: Change disk checking/fsck at boot frequency
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=300477

Note
From fsck (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fsck)

Generally, fsck is run automatically at boot time when the system detects that a file system is in an inconsistent state, indicating a non-graceful shutdown, such as a crash or power loss.

[rogerlld]

Re: FSCK usage and configuration

Dear Unicornrider,

The file fstab is as follows (sda2 is Kubuntu partition and sbd1 is the second HD partition and which I have the trouble):

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# /dev/sda2
UUID=b66b9fc9-c847-4dde-a2b6-5ab63f138627 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /dev/sdb1
UUID=4609-C76B /media/sdb1 vfat defaults,utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0 1
# /dev/sda3
UUID=5ddbe398-5892-457d-ad09-613a4cf6fb51 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/hda /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
/dev/hdd /media/cdrom1 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
/dev/ /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0

I hope you can see more than my eyes can !!

Meanwhile I'll also try the help given by Rog131.

Thanks both,

Regards

[penguin.ch]

Re: FSCK usage and configuration

# <file system> <mount point> <type> [...] <dump> <pass>
/dev/sda2 / ext3 0 1
/dev/sdb1 /media/sdb1 vfat 0 1

In both cases, you may change the pass value from 1 (one) to 0 (zero), thus completely deactivating automatic boot-time checks of these two file systems ... But, just to have that said as well, those checks are implemented for a reason :P

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Further reading: http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/fstab.html

[rogerlld]

Re: FSCK usage and configuration

Thanks !!

I've tried and it works !!

After this I've been exploring more deeply Kubuntu and I founded another way to change it without altering the fstab file.

In the System configuration if you go to advanced options you can adjust the partitions and HD. If you enter then as administrator and then select the partition affected, you can modify its properties and change this parameter too.

Afterall it's been worth!!

Thanks everyone

[penguin.ch]

Re: FSCK usage and configuration

I found another way to change it without altering the fstab file [...] System configuration

It's the same [you know what I mean] - just wrapped up a little :P