John P. Looney wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 12:37:53PM +0100, Conor Wynne mentioned:
>>>Hi all,
>>>>Does anyone know how to force an fsck for only the next boot?
>>And only for one partition?
>>>>I can do it with tune2fs, but I only wish to have it set for a single boot.
>>> Can't you use -T "feckin' ages ago", to set the time it was last checked
> to be over 180 days ago ? That should get you a once-off check.
>> John
>As root "touch /forcefsck"
Next time you boot it'll force an fsck on all partitions.
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