>  > Doesn't the filesystem still go through a time-based (default of 
> > something like 180 days)
> > or number of boots (something like 36) cycle that it will still do a 
> > fsck even on an ext3
> > filesystem?

> Yes, it does. You can set this value with the tune2fs (I have to read
> the manpage every time I do it so you should read that first).

> One note of warning. Don't run this on a mounted FS!

I've run tune2fs to set -r0m0i0 etc. on mounted filesystems (in spite
of the tune2fs warning) lots of times and so far it hasn't broken
anything.  Generally I did those changes on the mounted filesystem
because I didn't want to reboot, it was the root filesystem, or some 
other reason like that.

I think that tune2fs can do some things that will break a mounted
filesystem but I haven't had any trouble changing the mountcount etc.
on mounted filesystems.

YMMV.

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