[TriLUG] Redhat 9 questiion on how to allways force an FSCK on non clean power down

[Joseph Tate]

Ralph Blach wrote:

> I have a headless redhat 9 server and want to know how to
> make sure that if a non clean power down occurs, how I force an
> fsck since I will not be able to see the question.
>
> Thanks
>
> Chip
>
Look in /etc/rc.sysinit.  Search for fsck.  That's where the check 
occurs.  It looks like it takes settings for the auto fsck from 
/etc/sysconfig/autofsck.  If you set $AUTOFSCK_DEF_CHECK equal to "yes" 
in that file (it doesn't appear on my system, so you may have to create 
it), it will check by default if it's been shutdown uncleanly.  It will 
prompt to skip the check, or just perform the check depending on the 
value of $PROMPT (which you can also set within that file).

Joseph