Bonager is an easy way to manage that unpredictable and sometimes very annoying disk scan that happens when the computer is turned on. When installed, you take control of when you want that disk scan to occur. You even receive a warning before the next scan happens so that you are not surprised by it. And of course, you are given the option to postpone the scan.
Bonager is EASY to use. So easy, that everything can be done within three clicks and requires no configuration.
Bonager Features
Only a tray icon, so it does not get in the way
Detection of impending scan
Postpone a scan that is scheduled for the next bootup
Force a scan
Only a maximum of 3 clicks needed to do anything
Knows what actions to make available based on your system
No system configurations or settings are modified
Autostart ability
Now with localization [nationalization/translations] support
Ubuntu Dapper and above support
Icon shows status & useful information
UUID and /dev compatible
No configuration needed
No Tray Icon mode
Quick output to terminal
Install Bonager in Ubuntu
First you need to download the latest version of Bonager from here currently you can download bonager_0.6_all.deb package if you want to install this use the following command
sudo dpkg -i bonager_0.6_all.deb
This will complete the installation and if you want to open this application you can go to Applications—> Accessories—>Bonager Boot Scan Manager
Once it opens you should see system tray icon marked in red as follows
Using Bonager left-click on Bonager system tray icon choose between “NO” and “YES” to force a scan for the next reboot
Enabling Autostart right-click on Bonager system tray icon select “Autostart Bonager” select either [NO] or [YES]
Bonager Details as follows
Since the default filesystem for Ubuntu is ext3, a journaled filesystem, it does not require the forced periodic checking as would be desirable with ext2 (ext3’s non-journaled predecessor). It is possible to disable forced periodic checking of the filesystem using tune2fs. You will need to know the device name of the partition on which your root (/) filesystem resides. The following command would be for a filesystem on ‘/dev/hda1’:
sudo tune2fs -c 0 -i 0 /dev/hda1
Setting these filesystem parameters thus makes Bonager superfluous as the forced periodic check of ext3 filesystems is superfluous anyway.