In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mike Touloumtzis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >2) If you're wondering whether or not fsck will be run at boot time: > most Linux/Unix installations, including Debian, test for the > presence of a /forcefsck file in the rc scripts at boot time. If > this file exists, all filesystems in /etc/fstab are fsck'ed. So: > # touch /forcefsck > # shutdown -r now > Check out /etc/init.d/checkfs.sh for more details.
The -F flag to shutdown creates the /forcefsck file automatically, so shutdown -rF does the same. See the shutdown manpage. Mike. -- "Did I ever tell you about the illusion of free will?" -- Sheriff Lucas Buck, ultimate BOFH.