[CentOS] Automatic disk check

Thu Apr 7 03:32:07 UTC 2005
Craig White <craigwhite at azapple.com>

On Wed, 2005-04-06 at 22:22 -0500, Chris Weisiger wrote:
> centos.org_list at 000a.com wrote:
> 
> > You know how if you do an improper shutdown and then boot up, the 
> > server prompts you to run a file system check if you press "Y" within 
> > 5 seconds? Well, this is great but sometimes not practical in remote 
> > access situations when we call our datacenter to say reboot a hang 
> > server and they have no monitor or keyboard hooked up to the system.  
> > Is there a way to have the system forced to automatically fo the 
> > filesystem check every time it boots up, if there's a need for it, ie: 
> > WITHOUT hitting "Y"?
> >
> > I couldn't find the answer to this one in docs or FAQs.  If I missed 
> > it, a simple pointer to the source would be of great help.
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Chris
> >
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> >
> You create the following file:
> 
> /etc/sysconfig/autofsck
> 
> and place the following in it:
> 
> AUTOFSCK_TIMEOUT=5
> AUTOFSCK_DEF_CHECK=yes
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or 

shutdown now -Fr

Craig