On Sat, 8 Jan 2000, Wayne Topa wrote: [ snip ]
: Quoting Nathan E Norman([EMAIL PROTECTED]): : >| On Fri, 7 Jan 2000, Wayne Topa wrote: : >| : >| : run man fstab. Then search for fs_passno. : >| : : >| : You have to set the 6th field of fstab to 1 for the root fs and 2 for : >| : the others. : >| : >| This still doesn't force a fsck run if the filesystem is marked "clean" : >| on shutdown. : : I don't want my system to waste time in checking a 'clean' fs. : Why would you want to do that every time you boot? My system only runs : fstab on bootup if the FS _isn't_ clean. Gee, really? Gosh, that's amazing. I don't want my system to waste time either - I'm just answering the original quesiton. : I don't have the original post so can't check on what he said before. Well then , I'll ignore your comments :) The original question was, as I recall, "How do I force fsck on boot?" -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet 410 South Phillips Avenue Sioux Falls, SD mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP Key: (0xA33B86E9)
