Re: How to set 'e2fsck' to run at boot?
Apologies if this has already been answered. I just subscribed so I may have missed it if so. Anyways, you can create a file in / named "forcefsck" if you really want to do this: touch /forcefsck See /etc/rcS.d/S30checkfs.sh to see why. :)
Re: How to set 'e2fsck' to run at boot?
On Sat, 8 Jan 2000, Wayne Topa wrote: [ snip ] : Quoting Nathan E Norman([EMAIL PROTECTED]): : >| On Fri, 7 Jan 2000, Wayne Topa wrote: : >| : >| : run man fstab. Then search for fs_passno. : >| : : >| : You have to set the 6th field of fstab to 1 for the root fs and 2 for : >| : the others. : >| : >| This still doesn't force a fsck run if the filesystem is marked "clean" : >| on shutdown. : : I don't want my system to waste time in checking a 'clean' fs. : Why would you want to do that every time you boot? My system only runs : fstab on bootup if the FS _isn't_ clean. Gee, really? Gosh, that's amazing. I don't want my system to waste time either - I'm just answering the original quesiton. : I don't have the original post so can't check on what he said before. Well then , I'll ignore your comments :) The original question was, as I recall, "How do I force fsck on boot?" -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet 410 South Phillips Avenue Sioux Falls, SD mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP Key: (0xA33B86E9)
Re: How to set 'e2fsck' to run at boot?
* Francois Deppierraz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Brad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Actually, the last field should be one only for the root partition. Any >> other partitions you want fscked on boot should have a 2 there instead. >> Partitions that should never be fscked should have a 0. > Why does the last field depends on the partition type ? > Man fstab say nothing about that. It does: The sixth field, (fs_passno), is used by the fsck(8) pro gram to determine the order in which filesystem checks are done at reboot time. The root filesystem should be speci fied with a fs_passno of 1, and other filesystems should have a fs_passno of 2. Filesystems within a drive will be Notice "the order"? I guess it's because if the root (which holds /sbin) is corrupted, then fsck could screw the other partitions if fsck itself is screwed.
Re: How to set 'e2fsck' to run at boot?
Mihaly Gyulai wrote: > Q. How can I set 'e2fsck' to run, whenever I want ? Umount the filesystem you want to check and run e2fsck. If you cannot umount the filesystem because some important program uses it change to runlevel 1: # init 1 After that you should be able to umount the filesystem, don't be afraid to umount the root-filesystem, you *won't crash* your system as an "umount /" puts the root-filesystem into read-only mode. You can check that if you do a "cat /proc/mounts". It is _save_ to repair the filesystem when it is mounted read-only. When you did the checks be carefull to remount the root partition: # mount -o remount,rw / Then change the runlevel again: # init 2 If you follow this procedure you don't have to reboot _at_all_! Hope it helps... - Konrad Mierendorff
Re: How to set 'e2fsck' to run at boot?
Subject: Re: How to set 'e2fsck' to run at boot? Date: Fri, Jan 07, 2000 at 11:12:25PM -0600 In reply to:Nathan E Norman Quoting Nathan E Norman([EMAIL PROTECTED]): >| On Fri, 7 Jan 2000, Wayne Topa wrote: >| >| : run man fstab. Then search for fs_passno. >| : >| : You have to set the 6th field of fstab to 1 for the root fs and 2 for >| : the others. >| >| This still doesn't force a fsck run if the filesystem is marked "clean" >| on shutdown. I don't want my system to waste time in checking a 'clean' fs. Why would you want to do that every time you boot? My system only runs fstab on bootup if the FS _isn't_ clean. I don't have the original post so can't check on what he said before. It seemed to me that he did not have anything in the fs_passno field and that, on bootup, his filsystems were not being checked 'and that they did have errors in them'. Nothing in the fs_passno field would cause that. That is all I could gleam from the mount and fstab man pages. -- Ever notice how fast Windows runs? Neither did I... ___
Re: How to set 'e2fsck' to run at boot?
Brad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Actually, the last field should be one only for the root partition. Any > other partitions you want fscked on boot should have a 2 there instead. > Partitions that should never be fscked should have a 0. Why does the last field depends on the partition type ? Man fstab say nothing about that. -- Francois Deppierraz student http://www.ctrlaltdel.ch ICQ: 176 770 09
Re: How to set 'e2fsck' to run at boot?
On Fri, Jan 07, 2000 at 11:58:28AM +, Francois Deppierraz wrote: > > Ton run e2fsck on a partition at boot the last field in /etc/fstab must > be a 1. > > /dev/hdb5 / ext2 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 > ^^ Actually, the last field should be one only for the root partition. Any other partitions you want fscked on boot should have a 2 there instead. Partitions that should never be fscked should have a 0. man fstab for more info. -- finger for GPG public key. 8 Jan 2000 - Old email addresses removed from key, new added pgpdlcxWjxn2S.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: How to set 'e2fsck' to run at boot?
On Fri, 7 Jan 2000, Wayne Topa wrote: : run man fstab. Then search for fs_passno. : : You have to set the 6th field of fstab to 1 for the root fs and 2 for : the others. This still doesn't force a fsck run if the filesystem is marked "clean" on shutdown. -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet 410 South Phillips Avenue Sioux Falls, SD mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP Key: (0xA33B86E9)
Re: How to set 'e2fsck' to run at boot?
On Fri, 7 Jan 2000, Mihaly Gyulai wrote:
: On Thu, 6 Jan 2000 16:40:56Nico De Ranter wrote:
:
: >> At boot, there is a message about 'running e2fsck is recommended'
: >> because the mounting of partitions happened too many times.
: >> How can I set to run 'e2fsck' after a given number of days ?
:
: >Normaly the filesystem will automaticaly be checked after a number
: >of mounts. You shouldn't do anything yourself. You'll notice
: >when he starts checking the filesystem, it will take ages to boot :-)
:
: The problem is: I did not notice the expected 'e2fsck' running,
: however it should run (since 3 months). And there is the warning
: message that fsck is needed.
:
: Q. How can I set 'e2fsck' to run, whenever I want ?
:
: (I know that one should not run fsck on a mounted partition,
: so it's not that easy to run it...)
You can always force fsck on reboot by using "-F" as an argument to
`shutdown' e.g
shutdown -F -r now # reboot and force fsck on all filesystems with
# flag "auto" in /etc/fstab ("defaults" implies
# "auto").
HTH,
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Re: How to set 'e2fsck' to run at boot?
Subject: Re: How to set 'e2fsck' to run at boot? Date: Fri, Jan 07, 2000 at 03:28:45AM -0800 In reply to:Mihaly Gyulai Quoting Mihaly Gyulai([EMAIL PROTECTED]): >| On Thu, 6 Jan 2000 15:31:04Martin Fluch wrote: >| >| >> At boot, there is a message about 'running e2fsck is recommended' >| >> because the mounting of partitions happened too many times. >| >| >Usualy e2fsck should automaticaly be run on demand at boottime. Do you use >| >the -f option (skip fsck on reboot) when executing the shutdown command? >| >| No, I did not use the 'skip fsck at boot' option for shutdown. >| >| I use this config for more than 3 months, and there was no >| fsck running since then. >| >| What can I do to set 'e2fsck' run at boot ? run man fstab. Then search for fs_passno. You have to set the 6th field of fstab to 1 for the root fs and 2 for the others. HTH -- Basic, n.: A programming language. Related to certain social diseases in that those who have it will not admit it in polite company. ___
Re: How to set 'e2fsck' to run at boot?
On Fri, 07 Jan 2000, Mihaly Gyulai wrote: > Q. How can I set 'e2fsck' to run, whenever I want ? umount the partition, and fsck it. If it's your root partition, or /var (which has this nagging tendency to not be unmountable due to being busy) then the safest way I know requires a reboot, and requires that your "fsck on boot" works (which right now it doesn't, according to you). You _could_ try running fsck in a read-only partition, in check-only mode (no repair). But that won't help much, I think. You could always get one of those linux-in-one-floppy distros, boot from it, and use its fsck. Do be careful, ext2 from kernels 2.0.x may not handle ext2 partitions created under 2.2.x... and most linux-in-one-floppy use 2.0.3x kernels. -- "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot Henrique Holschuh
Re: How to set 'e2fsck' to run at boot?
Mihaly Gyulai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At boot, there is a message about 'running e2fsck is recommended' > because the mounting of partitions happened too many times. > How can I set to run 'e2fsck' after a given number of days ? Ton run e2fsck on a partition at boot the last field in /etc/fstab must be a 1. /dev/hdb5 / ext2 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 ^^ -- Francois Deppierraz student http://www.ctrlaltdel.ch ICQ: 176 770 09
Re: How to set 'e2fsck' to run at boot?
On Fri, 07 Jan 2000, Mihaly Gyulai wrote: > On Thu, 6 Jan 2000 15:31:04Martin Fluch wrote: > >> At boot, there is a message about 'running e2fsck is recommended' > >Usualy e2fsck should automaticaly be run on demand at boottime. Do you use > I use this config for more than 3 months, and there was no > fsck running since then. As long as you're using Debian (potato?) and have the e2fsprogs package installed (it's a required package, and should never be removed unless you know VERY well what you're doing), and have not screwed up with /etc/init.d and /etc/rc*.d, it should do the fsck on bootup. Try "apt-get remove e2fsprogs && apt-get install e2fsprogs" if you want to make sure the package is in there, and correctly installed. But do be careful, if this screws up, you will lose all the userland suport for ext2. -- "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot Henrique Holschuh
Re: How to set 'e2fsck' to run at boot?
On Thu, 6 Jan 2000 16:40:56Nico De Ranter wrote: >> At boot, there is a message about 'running e2fsck is recommended' >> because the mounting of partitions happened too many times. >> How can I set to run 'e2fsck' after a given number of days ? >Normaly the filesystem will automaticaly be checked after a number >of mounts. You shouldn't do anything yourself. You'll notice >when he starts checking the filesystem, it will take ages to boot :-) The problem is: I did not notice the expected 'e2fsck' running, however it should run (since 3 months). And there is the warning message that fsck is needed. Q. How can I set 'e2fsck' to run, whenever I want ? (I know that one should not run fsck on a mounted partition, so it's not that easy to run it...) Mihaly Gyulai --== Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ ==-- Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
Re: How to set 'e2fsck' to run at boot?
On Thu, 6 Jan 2000 15:31:04Martin Fluch wrote: >> At boot, there is a message about 'running e2fsck is recommended' >> because the mounting of partitions happened too many times. >Usualy e2fsck should automaticaly be run on demand at boottime. Do you use >the -f option (skip fsck on reboot) when executing the shutdown command? No, I did not use the 'skip fsck at boot' option for shutdown. I use this config for more than 3 months, and there was no fsck running since then. What can I do to set 'e2fsck' run at boot ? Mihaly Gyulai --== Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ ==-- Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
Re: How to set 'e2fsck' to run at boot?
is that message you get in debian? on my debian machines e2fsck will *automatically* run when they have been mounted too many times..it will say something like /dev/sda1 exceeded maximum mount count check forced.. nate On Thu, 6 Jan 2000, Mihaly Gyulai wrote: gyulai >I am a newbie to Debian, I've used RedHat 5 for 2 yrs. gyulai > gyulai >At boot, there is a message about 'running e2fsck is recommended' gyulai >because the mounting of partitions happened too many times. gyulai > gyulai >How can I set to run 'e2fsck' after a given number of days ? gyulai > gyulai >Mihaly Gyulai gyulai > gyulai > gyulai >--== Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ ==-- gyulai >Share what you know. Learn what you don't. gyulai > gyulai > gyulai >-- gyulai >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null gyulai > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- Vice President Network Operations http://www.firetrail.com/ Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland.org/ Everett, WA 425-348-7336http://www.linuxpowered.net/ Powered By:http://comedy.aphroland.org/ Debian 2.1 Linux 2.0.36 SMPhttp://yahoo.aphroland.org/ -[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- 4:51pm up 140 days, 4:49, 3 users, load average: 1.71, 1.60, 1.54
Re: How to set 'e2fsck' to run at boot?
On Thu, 6 Jan 2000, Mihaly Gyulai wrote: > I am a newbie to Debian, I've used RedHat 5 for 2 yrs. > > At boot, there is a message about 'running e2fsck is recommended' > because the mounting of partitions happened too many times. > > How can I set to run 'e2fsck' after a given number of days ? Usualy e2fsck should automaticaly be run on demand at boottime. Do you use the -f option (skip fsck on reboot) when executing the shutdown command? Martin -- Where do you want to go today? - As far from Redmond as possible! For public PGP-key: finger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
How to set 'e2fsck' to run at boot?
I am a newbie to Debian, I've used RedHat 5 for 2 yrs. At boot, there is a message about 'running e2fsck is recommended' because the mounting of partitions happened too many times. How can I set to run 'e2fsck' after a given number of days ? Mihaly Gyulai --== Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ ==-- Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
