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



On Sat, 8 Jan 2000, Wayne Topa wrote:

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 : Quoting Nathan E Norman(finn@midco.net):
 : >| On Fri, 7 Jan 2000, Wayne Topa wrote:
 : >| 
 : >|  : run man fstab.  Then search for fs_passno.
 : >|  : 
 : >|  : You have to set the 6th field of fstab to 1 for the root fs and 2 for
 : >|  : the others.
 : >| 
 : >| This still doesn't force a fsck run if the filesystem is marked "clean"
 : >| on shutdown.
 : 
 : I don't want my system to waste time in checking a 'clean' fs.
 : Why would you want to do that every time you boot?  My system only runs
 : fstab on bootup if the FS _isn't_ clean.

Gee, really?  Gosh, that's amazing.

I don't want my system to waste time either - I'm just answering the
original quesiton.

 : I don't have the original post so can't check on what he said before.

Well then , I'll ignore your comments :)  The original question was, as
I recall, "How do I force fsck on boot?"

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