If the pass column is 0, no automatic check is done. It's been my experience that setting it that way is a bad idea though, unless you plan on periodic manual fscks. ----- "Kyle Brandt" <kyle@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > If I have the 6th column in fstab (the pass column) set to 0, does > that mean disk checks will never be forced at boot regardless of > anything like File System State, Mount Count, and Check Interval on > the file system itself, or are there exceptions to this? > > I know `man fstab` says: > If the sixth field is not present or zero, a value of zero is returned > and fsck will assume that the filesystem does not need to be checked. > > But I wasn't sure if the fsck might be triggered in other ways during > boot. > > Thank you, > Kyle Brandt > http://www.kbrandt.com > > _______________________________________________ > Ext3-users mailing list > Ext3-users@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users _______________________________________________ Ext3-users mailing list Ext3-users@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users
