Thank you for the clarification Martin. I was able to confirm that the fsck results are located in /run/initramfs/fsck.log on my test system as you described.
I found that if the /etc/default/grub file was modified to include: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="fsck.mode=force" Then after running "sudo update grub" and rebooting, the basic result was shown in /run/initramfs/fsck.log: Log of fsck -C -f -a -V -t ext4 /dev/mapper/ubuntu--16--04--1--vg-root Wed Sep 7 14:42:05 2016 fsck from util-linux 2.27.1 [/sbin/fsck.ext4 (1) -- /dev/mapper/ubuntu--16--04--1--vg-root] fsck.ext4 -f -a -C0 /dev/mapper/ubuntu--16--04--1--vg-root /dev/mapper/ubuntu--16--04--1--vg-root: 97274/689520 files (0.1% non-contiguous), 534347/2757632 blocks Wed Sep 7 14:42:06 2016 ---------------- If I modify /etc/default/grub to include: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="fsck.mode=force fsck.repair=yes" Then after running "sudo update grub" and rebooting, the verbose result was shown in /run/initramfs/fsck.log: Log of fsck -C -f -y -V -t ext4 /dev/mapper/ubuntu--16--04--1--vg-root Wed Sep 7 14:38:19 2016 fsck from util-linux 2.27.1 [/sbin/fsck.ext4 (1) -- /dev/mapper/ubuntu--16--04--1--vg-root] fsck.ext4 -f -y -C0 /dev/mapper/ubuntu--16--04--1--vg-root e2fsck 1.42.13 (17-May-2015) Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes Pass 2: Checking directory structure Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity Pass 4: Checking reference counts Pass 5: Checking group summary information /dev/mapper/ubuntu--16--04--1--vg-root: 97271/689520 files (0.1% non-contiguous), 534306/2757632 blocks Wed Sep 7 14:38:20 2016 ---------------- Best regards, -Adam -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to initramfs-tools in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1619753 Title: systemd-fsck does not show results of rootfs filesystem check in logs or journald Status in initramfs-tools package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: Prior to the systemd paradigm shift, Ubuntu versions provided mechanisms to be able to see the results of a filesystem check performed on the root filesystem either in boot.log in 12.04 or in mountall.log in 14.04. As of 16.04, there is no way to see the output of systemd-fsck when it is run on the root filesystem. root@ubuntu-16-04-1:~# lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS Release: 16.04 root@ubuntu-16-04-1:~# apt-cache policy systemd systemd: Installed: 229-4ubuntu7 Candidate: 229-4ubuntu7 Version table: *** 229-4ubuntu7 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 229-4ubuntu4 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages Steps to reproduce: 1) Force fsck on next reboot by altering linux boot commandline: Edit /etc/default/grub and add "fsck.mode=force" to the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX variable. If you also want to force repair behavior, also add "fsck.repair=yes" to the same variable. # example: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="fsck.mode=force fsck.repair=yes" Once the changes have been made, run "sudo update-grub" to update the boot info, then reboot. 2) After boot, journalctl does not report any filesystem repair details for the root fs, only for secondary filesystems such as /boot or others designated in /etc/fstab. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/1619753/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

