[NTLUG:Discuss] sudden file system errors on boot

[Darin W. Smith]

On Thu, 15 May 2003 14:22:35 -0500, Fred James <fredjame at concentric.net> 
wrote:

> Still, shouldn't the file system be "clean" at least on the first boot 
> (immediately after install)?

Not necessarily.  Some of the installers mount the drive in a kind of funny 
state when they do their install, and depending on how they leave that 
state, some of them will specifically flag it to be fsck'ed the first time.

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Darin W. Smith
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