Hi,
On Thu, Feb 03, 2000 at 11:51:25AM +0000, Paul Mc Auley wrote:
> On Thu, 3 Feb 2000 06:40:03 -0500
> Wesley Darlington <wesley at yelsew.com> wrote:
> | PS. Of course, making them relatively prime is overkill if you don't
> | reboot your boxes very often. Just as long as all the big ones are
> | unlikely to all want fscked at the same time.
> In that case, you'll get bitten by the time since last check condition. :)
Ah yes - thanks!
Of course, All Right Thinking People (TM) set this to zero. *grin*
> I think relative primes are a bit of a red herring, consecutive counts should
> be fine as they will gradually drift apart (20,21,22; 40,42,44; 60,64,66).
Agreed - making them relatively prime is overkill.
Wesley.
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