Hi and thanks for your reply. On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 1:12 PM, Johannes Wiedersich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 2008-06-13 11:25, David wrote:
[...] > read 'man tune2fs' for some tips for setting interval and mount count to > something that better meets your needs. This isn't a solution for me. I want fsck to run regularly, but to still have a way to by-pass it when I need to. Making fsck run less frequently will leave me with the same problem. eg every 100th boot I will still have to wait 10-20 minutes before I can start using the PC, which is a royal PITA. > Ctrl-C worked without problems the last time I tried on my debian lenny. > I tested this on 2 Sid boxes, both had the problem. In the past (with Testing & Stable) hitting Ctrl-C will randomly either leave the partition read-only, or will re-mount it in write mode. I think that in my case: Hitting Ctrl+C breaks *both* fsck, and the script that started it which is meant to re-mount read-write after fsck (failed or successful) And in your case: Hitting Ctrl+C breaks fsck, but the calling script is not interrupted, so it does remount the partition as read/write. Possibly in my Sid systems, the system is more reponsive to Ctrl+C. Which suggests another feature request for the sysvinit package: - Don't terminate if the user breaks fsck with Ctrl+C. The user should hit Ctrl+C twice if he wants to stop fsck & the script which called it (and which is supposed to remount with read/write after the fsck). > > Set your mount count and intervals apropriately for your needs. You > could also fsck manually (shuttdown's -F option), whenever it suits you, > eg. disable automatic checking and only check manually. This is a pain. I would need to find time when I'm not using the PC, but still want it to be on, which is not often. I like to turn off my PC when I'm not using it, and to not have to wait for it when I do want to use it. >> >> - /sbin/shutdown allows the user to (any of these would help): >> * Force a fsck during the restart (-rF), and then to shut down the system. > > Does not work for me, because I want to shut down the computer > completely, not just waste all that power with standby mode. I.e. if you > want to turn off the power supply completely, shutdown is not enough, > YOU have to switch off manually. > I think this depends on hardware. Most of my boxes shut down completely when I run 'shutdown -P'. But there are a few (maybe old kernel) which go into stand-by mode even when I really want shutdown to power it off. If shutdown isn't meant to work this way, then why does it have a -P option? > >> - ability for a readonly fsck on a r/w filesystem to gather info to >> make a later fsck on the filesystem as r/o to find and fix problems >> faster. > > Do you have some technical expertise on how to implement this? I doubt > that the ext3 developpers overlooked that, if there was a good technical > solution.... Might be because ext3 devs are mainly focused on servers which are turned on 24/7 & rarely rebooted. The kind of feature I'd like would be more useful for desktop users. David. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
