From 2f121a201133bf6b8efeda5d898c938d12bd6f65 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Sandeen Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2017 18:34:57 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] tune2fs: edit dire warning about check intervals Time & mount-count based checks have been off by default for quite some time now, but the dire warning about disabling them remains in the tune2fs manpage, which is confusing. We did "strongly consider the consequences" and disabled it by default, no need to scare the user about it now. Inform the user of the consequences in a more measured tone. Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen Reviewed-by: Andreas Dilger Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o --- misc/tune2fs.8.in | 15 ++++++--------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/misc/tune2fs.8.in b/misc/tune2fs.8.in index e07da28..8949f64 100644 --- a/misc/tune2fs.8.in +++ b/misc/tune2fs.8.in @@ -122,7 +122,9 @@ Staggering the mount-counts at which filesystems are forcibly checked will avoid all filesystems being checked at one time when using journaled filesystems. .sp -You should strongly consider the consequences of disabling +Mount-count-dependent checking is disabled by default to avoid +unanticipated long reboots while e2fsck does its work. However, +you may wish to consider the consequences of disabling mount-count-dependent checking entirely. Bad disk drives, cables, memory, and kernel bugs could all corrupt a filesystem without marking the filesystem dirty or in error. If you are using @@ -277,15 +279,10 @@ as months, and .B w as weeks. A value of zero will disable the time-dependent checking. .sp -It is strongly recommended that either +There are pros and cons to disabling these periodic checks; see the +discussion under the .B \-c -(mount-count-dependent) or -.B \-i -(time-dependent) checking be enabled to force periodic full -.BR e2fsck (8) -checking of the filesystem. Failure to do so may lead to filesystem -corruption (due to bad disks, cables, memory, or kernel bugs) going -unnoticed, ultimately resulting in data loss or corruption. +(mount-count-dependent check) option for details. .TP .B \-j Add an ext3 journal to the filesystem. If the -- 2.7.5