Re: ext2 'check' option deprecated?

[Juri H. <hab...@al...>]

Joe Cooper wrote:
> Jamie Cameron wrote:
>> Joe Cooper wrote:
> 
>>> EXT2 Check option not supported
>>> EXT2-fs warning: checktime reached, running e2fsck is recommended
>>>
>>> Maybe this should go away for 2.4+ kernels (it may be unsupported in 
>>> some 2.2 kernels as well, I don't have one handy to check)?
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks for the info .. I'll make that option disappear on linux 2.4
>> systems. I'm not sure if anyone actually used it anyway :)
> 
> I didn't even know what it was!  That's why I was researching it.  ;-)
> 
> I doubt it will be missed.

Actually I use it on every machine that has an ext2/3 partition. The
option 'nocheck' speeds up mounting large partitions noticeably.
And I had not a single 2.4+ kernel complain about this option. It might
not do any difference on recent kernels but it doesn't hurt either.

I'd say: keep it...

Cheers,
Juri

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