Eunice Thompson wrote:
>
> Didn't realize this was normal behavior.
> "It's not broke, why fix it?"
> What happens when the file gets really big?
> Does it automatically 'tar' itself and start over?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, April 14, 2000 7:11 AM
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Maximal Mount Count
>
> > Eunice Thompson wrote:
> > >
> > > Any ideas?
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Eunice Thompson
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2000 7:13 PM
> > > Subject: [newbie] Maximal Mount Count
> > >
> > > ---- Original Message -----
> > > From: Eunice Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2000 9:25 AM
> > > Subject: Maximal Mount Count
> > >
> > > > I booted into mandrake and got an error message that:
> > > > "hda3 and hda6 (linux partitions) had reached the maximal mount count,
> > > > checked forced ."
> > > > I assume this has something to do with /var/log/bootlog
> > > > I think I read somewhere that there is a way to automatically remove
> old
> > > > bootlogs and only keep the last (x) number of entries.
> > > > In other words is there a way to automatically reset after 30 days,
> and
> > > > move the old logs to another file to be put on a floppy?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > > Eunice
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> > AFAIK this is normal behavior, every so many boots the system decides to
> > check partitions/disks somewhat like old Micro$oft's Scandisk.
> > It can take some time, but is all in all a good idea.
> > If it finds errors in the file system it also fixes them.
> > Do you wan't to disable this?, or just delete logs, or what?
> >
> > Rgds:
> >
> > Mike Perry.
> >
normal behavour is that the file system checks itself every so often.
what happens with log files etc, Hactually I have no idea, but as long
as they don't reach megabyte size levels I don't really worry :-)
As long as my system doesn't make as many errors as my winblows system
at work, well then I am quiet happy.
cheers:
Mike
