On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 12:12:39PM +0200, Artturi Alm wrote:
> Hi,
>
> i think i've never answered "n" to fsck, so to me the lack of -y does
> mean unnecessary work/boards/VMs left waiting for the F..
>
> i would use something like this if it was there:
>
> diff --git a/etc/rc b/etc/rc
> index c88e13ce7ab..e3a269be818 100644
> --- a/etc/rc
> +++ b/etc/rc
> @@ -349,7 +349,11 @@ if [[ -e /fastboot ]]; then
> echo "Fast boot: skipping disk checks."
> elif [[ $1 == autoboot ]]; then
> echo "Automatic boot in progress: starting file system checks."
> - do_fsck
> + if [[ -e /failboot ]]; then
> + do_fsck
> + else
> + do_fsck -y
> + fi
> fi
>
> # From now on, allow user to interrupt (^C) the boot process.
>
>
> but the one below is what i believe should fit&go w/modern sane defaults
> (think terabytes).
> no man page diffs, as i guess this won't fly (w/o bikeshedding atleast).
> -Artturi
>
>
> diff --git a/etc/rc b/etc/rc
> index c88e13ce7ab..e3a269be818 100644
> --- a/etc/rc
> +++ b/etc/rc
> @@ -349,7 +349,11 @@ if [[ -e /fastboot ]]; then
> echo "Fast boot: skipping disk checks."
> elif [[ $1 == autoboot ]]; then
> echo "Automatic boot in progress: starting file system checks."
> - do_fsck
> + if [[ -e /failboot ]]; then
> + do_fsck
> + else
> + do_fsck -y
> + fi
> fi
>
> # From now on, allow user to interrupt (^C) the boot process.
This has come up before and is not ok.
It is dangerous becuase it might make things worse.
I want to have a chanche to e.g. save an image or chack cabling.
Again, no.
-Otto
