Re: How to set 'e2fsck' to run at boot?

[Colin Marquardt <colin@marquardt-home.de>]

* Francois Deppierraz <francois@ctrlaltdel.ch> writes:

> Brad <lists@anomie.dhis.net> wrote:
>> Actually, the last field should be one only for the root partition. Any
>> other partitions you want fscked on boot should have a 2 there instead.
>> Partitions that should never be fscked should have a 0.

> Why does the last field depends on the partition type ?

> Man fstab say nothing about that.

It does:

       The  sixth field, (fs_passno), is used by the fsck(8) pro­
       gram to determine the order in which filesystem checks are
       done at reboot time.  The root filesystem should be speci­
       fied with a fs_passno of 1, and other  filesystems  should
       have a fs_passno of 2.  Filesystems within a drive will be

Notice "the order"? I guess it's because if the root (which holds
/sbin) is corrupted, then fsck could screw the other partitions if
fsck itself is screwed.