[PLUG] fsck: recommended options?

wes plug at the-wes.com
Sun Aug 4 16:55:47 UTC 2019


On Sun, Aug 4, 2019 at 8:06 AM Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com>
wrote:

> My daily logwatch report shows kernel errors on the external backup drive,
> /dev/sdb/, an ext3 file system. It's been a very long time since I had
> occasion to manually run fsck.
>
> After turning no the enclosure (and leaving the drive unmounted) what
> command line options should I add to fsck.ext3?
>
>
>
fsck does pretty well without parameters. If you wish to dispense with the
need to authorize any repairs it suggests, having it just perform them, you
can supply -p and/or -y.

-wes



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