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Cretain

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From: germany

Registered: 2006-08-16

Posts: 28

very slow Filesystem check on Startup

Hi again.
Heres another Problem I have:

When Filesystem check is run on startup its incredibly slow. It takes like 20 or more minutes, depending on which HD/Partition is checked.

I have a 320GB SATA-II HD, so I thought it might be a bit faster. I have one 80GB data partition(ext3), which takes the most time if checked. There is also an 50GB FAT Partition which I use under Windows and Arch, that also takes quite long.

Stalwart

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From: Latvia, Riga

Registered: 2005-10-18

Posts: 445

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Re: very slow Filesystem check on Startup

Ext3 IS slow on fsck. For such big partitions try reiserfs or xfs

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raymano

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Registered: 2006-10-13

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Re: very slow Filesystem check on Startup

Since ext3 is a journaled file system you really don't need the fs checks.

To cancel automatic fs checks, first boot with a live cd (Arch install cd should work). Then assuming the ext3 partition is /dev/sda1, you can cancel the automatic fs checks this way:

tune2fs -c0 -i0 /dev/sda1

Check out the man page of tune2fs for more info.

Last edited by raymano (2007-03-17 13:45:28)

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