Disabling File System Checking

swampdog2002 · 02-16-2007, 05:06 PM

I have multiple partitions set up on my Slackware 11 machine. I have on for the root partition (hda3), one for /boot (hda2), and one for /home (hda4). Whenever I boot using the 2.6.19.2 kernel, I receive a message for both hda2 and hda4 stating the following:

warning: CONFIG_REISERFS_CHECK is set ON

Within fstab, they are both set to 1 2. Is this where I would disable this check for these partitions? Is there somewhere else to disable this? Is this harmful to leave it as is? Thanks for any responses.

unSpawn · 02-16-2007, 07:03 PM

Sounds like a kernel compile time switch. There should be a next line in the logs explaning this switch: "warning: - it is slow mode for debugging."

swampdog2002 · 02-17-2007, 01:08 PM

Yes, this message follows after the one pertaining to the CONFIG_REISERFS_CHECK message during boot-up. Is this something that needs to be addressed and, if so, what should I do? This is the first time that I have enabled separate partitions for Slackware for /boot and /home, and am unsure what the importance of this is. I do not receive these messages for the root drive. Thanks.

unSpawn · 02-18-2007, 05:59 PM

Is this something that needs to be addressed
Well, it says "it is slow mode for debugging."

what should I do?
Recompile kernel, leave option out?

swampdog2002 · 02-18-2007, 07:17 PM

I'm just wondering why I receive these messages only for partitions other than the root partition. When I was just using one swap and one root partition, I never experienced these messages before. So if I disable reiserfs file checking completely within the kernel, will this have any adverse affect on the system? I can most likely just run reiserfstune occasionally if needed, which is what I've done before anyway.

swampdog2002 · 02-18-2007, 07:43 PM

OK, I have disabled this option within the kernel and recompiled. After reading the notes regarding the debugging option, it is recommended to be disabled for the majority of users. I suppose that I have overlooked this in the past, as I don't recall receiving any sorts of messages when using only one partition, other than the swap. I learn something new about Linux, it seems, each day