> I added `sulogin -t 600 /dev/tty8` as one of the first things that runs on
> startup. If the system looks like it died before logins are issued I can
> hit alt-F8 login and see what is going on. If your case you could login
> mount proc and watch top to be sure e2fsck is still running. I also have
> 128 megs of ram and a 2 gig partition as the biggest. The last time on
> bootup it needed to be checked, I don't remember ever thinking it might be
> locked up. At least I don't remember long pauses. But then again my
> partition is only 2 gigs.
The partition that got me worried was full of usenet news...so there were
lots fo small files and lots of directories...so I guess e2fsck had a lot
to look at.
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