Disabling periodic ext3 filesystem checksPosted by: Andrew SmithPoster contact info: andrew-smith at mail ru Author: same as 'Posted by' Software: Linux All If you have an ext3 partition on your box, that partition will be checked for errors every 30 times you reboot. This is completely unneessary and adds a few minutes to your boot time. To disable these checks, run this replacing hda1 with your ext3 partition: tune2fs -c 0 -i 0 /dev/hda1 |