Re: Linux ready for the home desktop?

["Kristian Erik Hermansen" <user=152@nabble.blu.org>]

 If you use reiserfs, you don't need the checks.  Same with xfs, I 
believe.  Default on ubuntu is every 30 mounts or so.  Just disable 
it.  I agree that this is "so windows 98" if you are a desktop user 
and see it :-). Just set the check to 0 so that it never runs, if you 
dare, heh.  But actually, I don't think you will need to worry even if 
you disable it.  Its not like your parents are going to be pounding 
that file system with data! 



On 3/27/08, Scott Ehrlich <[hidden email]> wrote: 
> I introduced my parents to Linux [Ubuntu Gutsy] at their place, and they 
> tried it for a few days.  It was still too new for them, so they opted 
> back for Windows. 
> 
> I was considering re-introducing it to them at some other point, until a 
> few days later, my Linux box (Ubuntu) presented me with a reminder why 
> Windows and Mac are still desktop-ready, but Linux isn't - the obligatory 
> filesystem check if the machine has been rebooted at least 30 times. 
> 
> This leads me to the question of can this check be turned off?  I know it 
> is a kernel function, and not distro-based.  If it can be turned off, what 
> are the consequences? 
> 
> How do the [net/free/open]BSD families handle checks, since their kernels 
> are different, I think. 
> 
> Thanks for feedback. 
> 
> Scott 
> 
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