checked will avoid all filesystems being checked at one time
when using journaled filesystems.
.sp
-You should strongly consider the consequences of disabling
+Mount-count-dependent checking is disabled by default to avoid
+unanticipated long reboots while e2fsck does its work. However,
+you may wish to consider the consequences of disabling
mount-count-dependent checking entirely. Bad disk drives, cables,
memory, and kernel bugs could all corrupt a filesystem without
marking the filesystem dirty or in error. If you are using
.B w
as weeks. A value of zero will disable the time-dependent checking.
.sp
-It is strongly recommended that either
+There are pros and cons to disabling these periodic checks; see the
+discussion under the
.B \-c
-(mount-count-dependent) or
-.B \-i
-(time-dependent) checking be enabled to force periodic full
-.BR e2fsck (8)
-checking of the filesystem. Failure to do so may lead to filesystem
-corruption (due to bad disks, cables, memory, or kernel bugs) going
-unnoticed, ultimately resulting in data loss or corruption.
+(mount-count-dependent check) option for details.
.TP
.B \-I
Change the inode size used by the file system. This requires rewriting