Is there a way to keep Emplode from "Checking Disk Integrity"

Posted by: bodybag

Is there a way to keep Emplode from "Checking Disk Integrity" - 02/10/2006 14:22

The subject spells it out, but basically Emplode does it's Checking Disk Integrity thing everytime I sync. Even after I do e2fsck it still does the disk test on sync.

I thought I remembered there was a way to make it so it would never do this test?
Posted by: pgrzelak

Re: Is there a way to keep Emplode from "Checking Disk Integrity" - 02/10/2006 14:46

There is a way to make it so that emplode will not sync merely because the "time to sync" clock has expired. But if there is underlying trouble with the filesystems, this will not help you. The FAQ entry about fsck says a lot.

Given that you were just working on the player, I would recommend a full manual sync, just in case. This should reset all of the timers and fix any trouble that you might be having. For a "step by step" for a dual drive system, do the following:

q #quit the player application and go to shell
fsck -fay / #root filesystem first
fsck -fay /dev/hda4 #music partition drive 0
fsck -fay /dev/hdc4 #music partition drive 1
rom #read only music, just to be safe
ro #read only root, just to be safe
exit

Then try a reboot and resync.
Posted by: SE_Sport_Driver

Re: Is there a way to keep Emplode from "Checking Disk Integrity" - 02/10/2006 14:53

Don't skip any of the steps Paul spelled out (his comments are preceded by #, so don't type any of the #s or the comments after them) especially the "ro" and "rom" commands as well as the reboot by physically removing the power cable from the player.

Obviously you'll need the Developer version of the player software installed. (Just throwing this in there in case anyone finds this thread via a search).
Posted by: pgrzelak

Re: Is there a way to keep Emplode from "Checking Disk Integrity" - 02/10/2006 15:24

The FAQ link is actually a bit more complete, including turning on swap - a good point that I missed.

Edit: The ability to stop that timed check is a feature of hijack. Look for "Filesystem Check on Sync: Enable/Disable" in the hijack menu.
Posted by: bodybag

Re: Is there a way to keep Emplode from "Checking Disk Integrity" - 02/10/2006 16:02

My problem is that contrary to this FAQ entry:

"EXT2-fs warning: maximal mount count reached, running e2fsck is recommended"

This means that on the next synch, your player will need to do its long "checking disk integrity" thing. It's nothing to worry about and you can safely ignore it. It will go away after the next synch.

My player does the Check during EVERY sync. It doesn't go away after the next sync as explained in the FAQ.

I will go home tonight and do a full manual sync as described in the FAQ and in Paul's post and see if that fixes it. Otherwise I guess I'll use Hijack to disable it.
Posted by: pgrzelak

Re: Is there a way to keep Emplode from "Checking Disk Integrity" - 02/10/2006 16:34

One possibility is that emplode cannot perform the fsck, but does not crash and continues with the sync. This can happen when there is not enough memory for the fsck to run (or complete). Remember that during a sync, the player application is still running, so there is even less memory to play with. So if you are running an alpha (larger memory footprint), have large drives (larger memory requirements to fsck), have third party applications resident (more applications in memory), this kind of thing can happen.

A manual check will clear the immediate need, and the hijack setting will eliminate it in the future.
Posted by: tfabris

Re: Is there a way to keep Emplode from "Checking Disk Integrity" - 02/10/2006 17:33

Quote:
My player does the Check during EVERY sync. It doesn't go away after the next sync as explained in the FAQ.


My guess, then, is that it's not doing the check because of maximal mount count, it's doing the check because of a corrupted filesystem, as described later in that same FAQ entry.
Posted by: mlord

Re: Is there a way to keep Emplode from "Checking Disk Integrity" - 02/10/2006 21:30

Quote:
My problem is that contrary to this FAQ entry:

"EXT2-fs warning: maximal mount count reached, running e2fsck is recommended"

This means that on the next synch, your player will need to do its long "checking disk integrity" thing. It's nothing to worry about and you can safely ignore it. It will go away after the next synch.

My player does the Check during EVERY sync. It doesn't go away after the next sync as explained in the FAQ.

I will go home tonight and do a full manual sync as described in the FAQ and in Paul's post and see if that fixes it. Otherwise I guess I'll use Hijack to disable it.


If this is all that's wrong (bad date/time are the most likely culprit), then just disabling the checks from the Hijack menu will get rid of them.

Cheers
Posted by: Roger

Re: Is there a way to keep Emplode from "Checking Disk Integrity" - 03/10/2006 04:50

Quote:
Emplode does it's Checking Disk Integrity thing everytime I sync.


A clarification:

emplode will report that it's doing its Checking Disk Integrity thing every time you sync. This is normal. What it's doing is running fsck every time, to see if the disks need checking.

Normally, fsck exits immediately, because there's nothing to be done; so you'll see the "Checking Disk Integrity" message for half a second or so.

If it's actually doing disk checks (i.e. the message stays up for several minutes, and the progress bar's doing its thing), then it is really checking the disks. If it's doing this every time, then you've got a problem, and should work through the trouble-shooting steps that the other guys suggest.