(wavelength) e2fsck config

Anth Courtney anthcourtney at gmail.com
Tue Nov 16 12:10:36 UTC 2004


Hello Aseem,

> Everytime our linux server gets reboot due to power outrage, on the next
> boot, it gives message "Press Y within 5 seconds to start disk check". How
> to reverse this behaviour? i.e. Howto configure e2fsck to always run disk
> check (if required after blackout), if not interrupted within 5 seconds. Or
> maybe some option to always run it when needed, without the option of
> external input.

If you add the option 

AUTOFSCK_DEF_CHECK=yes

to /etc/sysconfig/autofsck

then fsck will be forced on all partitions on startup.

cheers,
Anth




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