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[10.04] VERY slow fsck/disk checks

Bug #577059 reported by theadmin on 2010-05-07

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #571707: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU. Edit Remove

This bug affects 4 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	util-linux (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: util-linux

In 10.04 "Lucid Lynx", disk checks (fsck, that is), take around 10-15 minutes or even half an hour depending on the disk size, usually ends up "stuck" on 90% for a while. Compared to speed in Karmic (1-3 minutes), this is very frustrating.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: util-linux 2.17.2-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic i686
Architecture: i386
CheckboxSubmission: 093a8ebf17eb3a522d35f652b612f7cb
CheckboxSystem: b8f3ec504801f13fc208edb5c785b099
Date: Fri May 7 19:18:04 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: util-linux

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theadmin (theadmin-) wrote on 2010-05-07:

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Tim (tim-vdeynde) wrote on 2010-05-07:

I can confirm the problem is present in the 64 bit version too.

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T L R (tlr) wrote on 2010-05-07:

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.

This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #571707, so it is being marked as such.

Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see the workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report.

Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.