e2fsck takes a long time

[jludwig]

On Wed, 2004-04-28 at 07:04, Chiu, PCM (Peter) wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> This probably is an old issue.
> 
> Is there anyway to speed up the ext3 file system check at boot up time?
> 
> One of our systems got 2 x 1.6TB RAIDs, and they took over 10 hours to
> complete.
>  
> They are ext3 file systems, are there more efficient file systems to get
> round this?
> 
> Peter
> 
> 
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If you are using several partitions, you can space or change cyclic
fscks with tune2fs cutting down on time per boot, or eliminating checks
all together. -- 
jludwig <wralphie at comcast.net>