On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 05:02:15PM +0200, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > On 2008-06-13 13:38, David wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 1:12 PM, Johannes Wiedersich > > <johannes@physik.blm.tu-muenchen.de> wrote: > >> read 'man tune2fs' for some tips for setting interval and mount count to > >> something that better meets your needs. > > > > This isn't a solution for me. I want fsck to run regularly, but to > > still have a way to by-pass it when I need to. Making fsck run less > > frequently will leave me with the same problem. eg every 100th boot I > > will still have to wait 10-20 minutes before I can start using the PC, > > which is a royal PITA. > > So basically you want to have the check without having to wait for the > check to finish. I don't know, how you want this to be accomplished. > Either the check runs automatically or you have to run it manually. I think maybe he's looking for an option to *defer* fsck to the next boot. That is, fsck should accept a particular key stroke to cleanly stop the fsck, but leave the partition in a state where it will fsck on the next boot. I personally think this is a pretty good idea in general, though for me a disaster as I'd just defer fsck every time. OP could probably tweak the boot scripts to test this idea with a simple prompt as to whether to proceed with the fsck or defer it. A
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