[TriLUG] fsck script?

[Matt Pusateri]

Byarlay, Wayne A. wrote:
> Greetings all,
>
> Recently, I had a server reboot at a very crucial time, and upon
> rebooting, I got the message that a disk check had not been run the past
> 30 boots, and so fsck was forcing a check. Unfortunately, this was a
> critical time, and since this was a very large volume (6.5 tb), it took
> forever.
>
>
> Can I manually run fsck on this volume during regular operating hours,
> so that fsck will never surprise me like that again? Or, at the least,
> set it to run on next reboot when I am not at a critical time?
>
> Or a 3rd recommendation that I'm not thinking of?
>
> WAB
>   
Wayne, look at "man tune2fs" if it's a ext file system for options on 
how you can control when it gets checked or if at all.


Matt P.