fsck option

**ahso4271** · May 15th, 2012

Hi
often, I suspect one app, 12.04 64bit doesn't boot anymore. Running fsck from 10.04 helps but I wonder how to set it automatically "if disc dirty run fsck" Any option somewhere?
Thanks

**carl4926** · May 15th, 2012

Code:

sudo touch /forcefsck

**codemaniac** · May 15th, 2012

You can always run fsck manually .

Code:

fsck -F file_system_type partition

Code:

 fsck -F ufs -y /dev/sdb1

**dcstar** · May 15th, 2012

Originally Posted by ahso4271

Hi
often, I suspect one app, 12.04 64bit doesn't boot anymore. Running fsck from 10.04 helps but I wonder how to set it automatically "if disc dirty run fsck" Any option somewhere?
Thanks

There are threads about a 12.04 bug that does not unmount filesystems cleanly when shutting down - you may be affected by this.
fsck always runs on boot, that is set in the /etc/fstab file for each mount line.
To have fsck automatically fix things during the boot scan, edit the /etc/default/rcS file.

**ahso4271** · May 15th, 2012

Originally Posted by dcstar

To have fsck automatically fix things during the boot scan, edit the /etc/default/rcS file.

Doesn't work, still hangs. fsck from 10.04 fixed it, so it's not hardware related?
Maybe in background waiting for input? setting verbose in that file has no effect as well.
How to show boot messages alike in suse with escape key?

Sigh...I'll try this now:
sudo touch /forcefsck

**ahso4271** · May 16th, 2012

sudo touch /forcefsck

Thanks, that seems to work. But it takes long and I wonder what's going on. Can I see boot messages, alike in Suse with Esc key?

Thanks

**codemaniac** · May 16th, 2012

Originally Posted by ahso4271

sudo touch /forcefsck

Thanks, that seems to work. But it takes long and I wonder what's going on. Can I see boot messages, alike in Suse with Esc key?

Thanks

You can see BOOT messages by pressing the esc key , only if grub is not quiet, i.e.: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="splash" .

Edit the file /etc/default/grub and set

Code:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="splash"

After editing the file, you need to run update-grub.

Code:

sudo update-grub

**ahso4271** · May 18th, 2012

Thanks but ~ every 5 reboot it hangs. fsck from 10.04 helps but I wonder what's going on? Is my system 12.04 broken (not again

)? Or how to find out if my disc is going nuts?

PS: now it mounts 12.04 read only! Is 12.04 that ugly? I've reinstalled all several times but still end up with new bugs....sigh

What would I do without 10.04....I'd be fuc*