Re: How to set 'e2fsck' to run at boot?
On Fri, 07 Jan 2000, Mihaly Gyulai wrote:
> Q. How can I set 'e2fsck' to run, whenever I want ?
umount the partition, and fsck it. If it's your root partition, or /var
(which has this nagging tendency to not be unmountable due to being busy)
then the safest way I know requires a reboot, and requires that your "fsck
on boot" works (which right now it doesn't, according to you).
You _could_ try running fsck in a read-only partition, in check-only mode
(no repair). But that won't help much, I think.
You could always get one of those linux-in-one-floppy distros, boot from it,
and use its fsck. Do be careful, ext2 from kernels 2.0.x may not handle ext2
partitions created under 2.2.x... and most linux-in-one-floppy use 2.0.3x
kernels.
--
"One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring
them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
Henrique Holschuh
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