Subject: Re: Clean bit bits
To: None <mouse@Collatz.McRCIM.McGill.EDU>
From: David Mazieres <dm@amsterdam.lcs.mit.edu>
List: tech-kern
Date: 01/14/1996 19:59:27
> Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1996 15:39:16 -0500
> From: der Mouse <mouse@Collatz.McRCIM.McGill.EDU>
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> > we have nightly fsck -n's run.  i _don't_ want fsck's run via mount's
> > or time when i've got this.
> 
> I don't think anyone has proposed anything that can't be configured to
> check only if the kernel thinks the filesystem was unmounted uncleanly,
> which is what I gather you want.  I sure haven't.

So then why all this talk about modifying fsck?  Why not just modify
your rc file to pass the "-f" flag every 10 reboots, but leave the
fsck/kernel source alone?

David