Is it advisable to disable filesystem checks?
Issue
- Is it advisable to disable the filesystem checks on
ext
filesystems? fsck
leads to increased boot time, is it okay to disable filesystem checking?
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Ext3 and Ext4 file systems
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