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Re: Debian checks filesystems at every boot



on Tue, Dec 12, 2000 at 08:35:28PM +0100, Nico De Ranter (nico@sonycom.com) wrote:
> Howdy,
> 
> I just got a new computer and installed Debian on it (ofcourse :-).
> The installation uses 2 partitions, 1 of 5GB and 1 of 15GB (hey I have
> to do something with all that diskspace don't I :-).  I did the same
> install as I always did starting from the Debian 2.2 cd's. However
> with the new PC every time I boot Linux will complain the filesystems
> weren't properly unmounted and will do a full check of the
> filesystems.  I do ofcourse always make sure to turn off the machine
> by typing "halt".  

This is your problem.  Try:

  $ shutdown -h now

> I even tried adding an explicit "sync" to /etc/init.d/umountfs but
> that doesn't seem to help either. I even had to boot single user once
> to do a manual fsck. Any ideas what might be wrong?
> 
> Thanks in advance,

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