Re: "Maximal Mount Count"?

[Mike List <roscoe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

u8rupert@lab2.cc.wmich.edu wrote:
> 
> When booting Linux the other night, I received this message:
> 
> "/dev/hdb1 has reached maximal mount count, check forced"
> 
> This continued for each partition of my Linux drive.
> 
> 'course, fsck took a LONG time to finish - upwards of five
> minutes.  It found a few non-contiguous areas and fixed them.
> 
> When the message popped up, I froze.  I don't recall ever
> seeing this before, and I have no idea what it means.  I haven't
> seen it since.
> 
> If anyone knows what this means and why it popped up, I'd
> be delighted to know.  I'm not sure if it's something I did
> or if it's just a forced fsck for some odd reason.
> 
> --Matt
 
I fixed mine a long time ago, don't even remember what I did to make it
stop,but I do remember that either the Linux FAQ, orthe Tips and Tricks
HOWTO cover it in detail.
 Seems like it was an "rdev" command but I'd "man rdev" before jumping
on it.
-- 


-Mike List