On 2009-08-07 07:40 +0200, jida...@jidanni.org wrote: > Package: initscripts > Version: 2.87dsf-2 > Severity: wishlist > File: /etc/init.d/checkfs.sh > X-debbugs-Cc: debian-de...@lists.debian.org > > I have an idea. Every few days when booting we encounter a file system > check, which takes several minutes. We sit there, helpless, > unable to issue any command. All we can do is watch the progress marker. > > Now being high powered Computer Pros (not me though), we ought to have > something smart put there on the screen for us to ponder as the check > proceeds. (No ads or fortune messages though please.) > > Then it dawned on me, we sit there wondering "it says it is checking > /dev/hda6. What disk of mine is that that is taking so long? /home? > /usr?" OK, then tell us.
You can achieve this by giving the filesystem a label that is named after the mount point, see e2label(8). I've been doing that for years. Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
