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checking file sytem on every startup

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• Started 1 month ago by terrybull
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   terrybull
   

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   I have slitaz 5 32 bit installed on an old PIII Panasonic Toughbook. Every time I start up I get the following error show up during the boot process

   Checking filesystem UUID=XXXXXXXX(long list leters and numbers)
   /dev/sda1 was not cleanly unmounted, check forced/

   There is hard drive activity for a minute or so and then I get a normal start.

   Not an issue other than the start up time is slower and it shouldnt do this every time.
   It is a version of rolling I downloaded a while ago. I do not update the system as when I do it breaks several things but I don't go on line with it, mainly word processing using old version of LibreOffice.
   Can I stop this start up error.
   Thanks for any help.

   Posted 1 month ago #
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   Ceel
   

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   Hello terrybull,

   I meat a similar problem in the past on an EXT2 partition:
   https://forum.slitaz.org/topic/devsda3-was-not-cleanly-unmounted-check-forced
   The only solution I found was to come back to EXT3.

   Posted 1 month ago #
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   terrybull
   

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   Thanks Ceel for the prompt response.

   Does that means re-formatting and losing the current instalation. Is there a simple way to convert without having to re-install. Ive looked on google and it seems pretty complex for me who isn't terribly linux skilled.

   Posted 1 month ago #
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   Ceel
   

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   If your sda1 is EXT2 formatted, it is possible this is the cause (even if I still didn't understand why...).
   So formatting it in EXT3 does mean losing your current installation; no way to convert an EXT2 partition to EXT3 keeping the data on it, sorry.

   Posted 1 month ago #
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   terrybull
   

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   I’ll bite the bullet and reinstall which doesn’t take long even on this old laptop.
   Thank you for the quick replies.

   Posted 1 month ago #
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   terrybull
   

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   Final note.
   I reinstalled using EXT3 partition and the error message has not appeared and I get ‘clean’ startups.

   Posted 1 month ago #

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