[CentOS] how to stop an in-progress fsck that runs at boot?

[Tracy Bost]

  On 09/13/2011 09:39 PM, Matt Garman wrote:
> I can't seem to find the answer to this question via web search... I
> changed some hardware on a server, and upon powering it back on, got
> the "/dev/xxx has gone 40 days without being check, check forced"
> message.  Now it's running fsck on a huge (2 TB) ext3 filesystem (5400
> RPM drives no less).  How can I stop this in-progress check?  Ctrl-C
> doesn't seem to have any effect.  Is the only answer to wait it out?
>
> Also, as a side question: I always do this---let my servers run for a
> very long time, power down to change/upgrade hardware, then forget
> about the forced fsck, then pull my hair out waiting for it to finish
> (because I can't figure out how to stop it once it starts).  I know
> about tune2fs -c and -i, and also the last (or is it second to last?)
> column in /etc/fstab.  My question is more along the lines of "best
> practices"---what are most people doing with regards to regular fsck's
> of ext2/3/4 filesystems?  Do you just take the defaults, and let it
> delay the boot process by however long it takes?  Disable it
> completely?  Or do something like taking the filesystem offline on a
> running system?  Something else?
>
> Thanks,
> Matt
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my first post here.  that same thing happened with me a few years ago 
with RHEL. i'm trying to remember the steps and seems like booted into 
single user/rescue mode and then turned the fsck flag to off in fstab 
for the partition(s). hope that can at least point you in the right 
direction.