[PLUG] Forced fsck

[Auke Kok]

John Jason Jordan wrote:
> Today while trying to boot my Ubuntu-64 Breezy laptop at PSU (see other
> post a few minutes ago), Ubuntu decided it do a file system check.
> "Booted 30 times, mandatory check" or something like that was the
> message.
> 
> This has happened numerous times in the past. But today (naturally) it
> happened when I was in a hurry and anxious to get going (a lab
> assistant was standing by waiting for my computer to boot so I could
> show him what was really on my thumb drive). It takes almost five
> minutes for it to go through the file system check.
> 
> I don't mind that it wants to check the filesystem, it's just that it
> always decides to do it at the most inconvenient times. I need a "Not
> Now!" command. I tried Ctrl-c but that just allows me to restart the
> computer. When it restarts it still wants to check the filesystem.
> Anyone know how to get past the automatic filesystem check? Better yet,
> is there a way to change it so it stops and asks me before it
> automatically does the check?

1) man fsck ;^)
2) it's distro dependent, some allow you to touch /fastboot and get it over 
with quickly, check your mount init.d script
3) you can change the check interval with e2fstune and turn it off that way 
too (just make sure you actually *do* fsck it once in a while ;^)

Cheers,

Auke