On Sat, 30 Dec 2000, Rafael R. Sevilla wrote:
> One of my minor annoyances with Linux is the way it handles file system
> errors on startup if for some reason the system gets halted abnormally for
> soem reason (e.g. power failure). I want to get rid of that "enter root
> password to continue" message, so that any errors that might occur fsck
> tries to fix as expeditiously as possible, WITHOUT ANY USER INTERVENTION.
> I don't want to have to walk one of my Unix-illiterate employees through
> fscking the system manually ever again.
find the rc script (usually checkfs.sh) that runs fsck then set the flags
to repair automatically if it fails. the flag to set is -a.
if you're using Debian, you can simply edit /etc/default/rcS and set
FSCKFIX=yes
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