-----Original Message-----
From: centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Chris Weisiger
Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 10:22 PM
To: CentOS mailing list
Subject: Re: Automatic disk check
centos.org_list@xxxxxxxx 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
>
> .
>
>You create the following file:
>
>/etc/sysconfig/autofsck
>
>and place the following in it:
>
>AUTOFSCK_TIMEOUT=5
>AUTOFSCK_DEF_CHECK=yes
If a problem is encountered during the fsck, will the system automagically
fix it?
Mike
