<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> shutdown -Fr now or create a file in root called forcecfsck <pre>Q: How to force a check of the file systems? A: If the file "/forcefsck" exists a file system consistency check (fsck) will be forced at the next boot up. The command line commands look like: touch /forcefsck reboot</pre> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:akonstam@trinity.edu">akonstam@trinity.edu</a> wrote: <blockquote cite="mid20051216215756.GC18129@Moof.CS.Trinity.Edu" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 01:36:07PM -0800, Brian D. McGrew wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Is there a kernel option or boot option I can give to force fsck? -brian Brian D. McGrew { <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:brian@visionpro.com">brian@visionpro.com</a> || <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:brian@doubledimension.com">brian@doubledimension.com</a> } -- </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">It seems to me you could do that by altering some of the lines in /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit That is the good news. The bad news is I am having an allergy attack and I don't have the psychic energy to plow through the file and find the exact lines to change. </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>