Topic: automatic fsck prompts during start up

[partsgaw]

hi there,
can u help me our email server always prompt that it needs to fsck during start up. is it really a bad sectors in HD? i already do some fsck last week but still always prompt during start up...

[byte]

is it really a bad sectors in HD?

Could be, you'd have to use some disk tools to find out.

i already do some fsck last week but still always prompt during start up...

Do you shutdown correctly ? As the automatic checks either scan if the drive hasn't been mounted for a set amount of days/months or the server had an improper shutdown.

Is the server on 24/7 ?