> > "David A. Sinck" wrote: > > Oh, and speaking from experience, running fsck on a 9G / partition (I > > did *not* set it up) sucks eggs. Big nasty rotten eggs. And momma > > bird is there pecking your eyes out while you do it too. Then the > > trifids come over because of the noise, and they make it so dark that > > you are likely to be eaten by a grue. 30+m to fsck that partition. > > > /dev/hdc4 25157208 8339152 15540088 35% /mp3 > > It doesnt take THAT long to check. The first part is the worst. But > then again, all those files are nicely in order - almost nothing ever Hmm. I've got a fairly new 40 gig partition (well, ALMOST 40 g), with about 10-25 G in it already. Moderately active partition, also. Last time the machine had the power plug pulled by accident (don't ask ;-) it took less than 15 minutes (I was NOT paying too much attention, coulda been less), and that includes a 10 G AND a 20 G (I think - but the machine is off right now - I'm shuffling my office ;-) drive in addition. 30 minutes - something is wrong there.... rc