On 12 Jul 2005, at 12:50, Conor Wynne 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.
>> Yep, but I suspect an issue with a single LUN, and want to avoid
> fsck'ing
> a 6TB SAN.
The unit of fsck is, surprisingly enough, the filesystem. So if you use
tune2fs -T to set the last checked date to "feckin' ages ago" you will
be setting it on a particular filesystem. Or am I missing something?
Niall
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