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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