Jun 20th, 2010
How can I force fsck on next boot
How can I force fsck on next boot
You can force an automatic full check by changing the check interval using tune2fs (-c and/or -i).
-c max-mount-counts
Adjust the number of mounts after which the filesystem will be checked by e2fsck(8). If max-mount-counts is 0 or -1, the number of times the filesystem is mounted will be disregarded by e2fsck(8) and the kernel.
-i interval-between-checks[d|m|w]
Adjust the maximal time between two filesystem checks. No postfix or d result in days, m in months, and w in weeks. A value of zero will disable the time-dependent checking.
It is strongly recommended that either -c (mount-count-dependent) or -i (time-dependent) checking be enabled to force periodic full e2fsck(8) checking of the filesystem.
The above command would tell the init scripts to run fsck on hda2 at every boot.
The above command would tell the init scripts to run fsck on hda2 after 1 day.
If you only want to run fsck on the next boot, please execute the following as the root user.
# touch forcefsck
This will only run the file system check on the next reboot. By touching the file “forcefsck” in the / directory, it will force the system to perform a full file system check.
The file “forcefsck” will be deleted automatically after fsck is finished.
