Mark C. Allman wrote: > System: 2.6.22.9-91.fc7, Dell XPS M1710 laptop, 80GB HD, 2G ram > >>From what I've read, it's a good idea to occasionally have fsck run when > you reboot a system. Also, I've had Fedora lock up a few times (over > the past year, BTW, so I'm not complaining!) such that I had to power > off and back on to restart. > > What I do to have fsck run on startup: > 1. Create /fsckoptions with the switches I want to supply to fsck > 2. Run "shutdown -rF 0' to create /forcefsck and reboot. > Note: When fsck is finished after the reboot the /fsckoptions > and /forcefsck files are removed automatically. > tune2fs -c 21 /dev/xxx This is what I have on my laptop, it is set to fsck after 21 mounts (I think 21 is pretty typical setup for a lot of distros like Ubuntu (or gentoo in my case) change the 21 to suit your needs that should eliminate the need for the setup you have. -- Recedite, plebes! Gero rem imperialem! Mark Haney Sr. Systems Administrator ERC Broadband (828) 350-2415 Call (866) ERC-7110 for after hours support -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
