> why does my system on boot up give the error of maximal mount reached
> and then force a check of partitions hda3, hda5, hda6 even when theres
> plenty of space, as you can see from df...
It's not referring to disk space. Linux will generally force an fsck
under the following conditions:
* A partition wasn't unmounted cleanly
* It's been a long time since this partition was checked
* A partition has been mounted, cleanly, many times since the last fsck
("maximal mount count")
You should only get this message on occasional boots; if you get it
every time, something's wrong.
Dave
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