Using ext2 on SSD drive

Bryn M. Reeves bmr at redhat.com
Thu Feb 5 16:46:27 UTC 2009


Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> I am installing FC10 on an ASUS with an SSD drive right now to see how 
> it behaves.
> 
> I know that with ext2 you are suppose to clean it up every so often, but 
> I can't find my notes as to the command.
> 
> What is the command and how is this done while the system is 'in use', 
> or is there some way to do it occationally during boot time?

No online fsck available for ext2 but see the man pages for fstab, 
e2fsck and tune2fs. With tune2fs you can set the maximal mount count / 
check interval that is applied for file system checks at boot time for 
all file systems with a non-zero value in the 6th column (fs_passno).

Regards,
Bryn.




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