On Tue, Oct 09, 2012 at 22:55, Илья Шипицин wrote: > Hello! > > I'm investigating /etc/rc script. And I found the following there: > > if [ -e /fastboot ]; then > echo "Fast boot: skipping disk checks." > elif [ X"$1" = X"autoboot" ]; then > echo "Automatic boot in progress: starting file system checks." > > > hmm... if I put /fastboot, no filesystem will be checked ? how it supposed > to work for non-nfs filesystems ? is mount able to work with dirty > filesystem ? > what will happen if I put /fastboot and cold reset (which leaves > filesystems dirty) occures ?
If filesystems are dirty, they won't mount. I think /fastboot is a relic of a hundred years ago when fsck checked clean filesystems or something. The fact that /fastboot is deleted after the first boot tells me it was only supposed to be used in special cases.
