Re: fsck on boot...revisited
----- Original Message -----
> On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 09:28:56AM -0500, Tim Nelson wrote:
> > I have an interesting use case where a Debian Lenny server runs
> > headless, and is at the mercy of poor power conditions
> > (environmental monitoring at a remote storage building). We used
> > to have issues with the server not coming up after several
> > reboots, but we gave it a bandaid by forcing an fsck on every boot
> > (tune2fs...) to correct any issues. This is fine, and has done
> > wonders for disk errors.
> >
> > However...
> >
> > On occasion, we find that a filesystem error is bad enough that
> > instead of auto{matically|magically} fixing the issue and
> > continuing to boot, the system hangs, needing a root password
> > entered for a manual fsck to be run.
> >
> > My question is thus: How do I prevent that requirement to login and
> > run fsck manually? Is there some parameter that can be set? Or, am
> > I going about this the completely wrong way?
>
> Solve the underlying problem as best you can.
>
> Buy a cheap UPS with a serial or USB interface; run the
> appropriate daemon on your server to shut it down automatically
> when the power drops. Replace the UPS every year or two.
>
> Now your disks will be much happier.
>
Yes, that is the *proper* solution. But, how about a situation where I want to solve this even if battery power goes out?
Does the 'FSCKFIX' option within /etc/default/rcS do what I need?
--Tim
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