On 1/6/2010 11:19 AM, Alan McKay wrote:
> Hey folks,
>
> I searched the list archives and found this :
>
> echo "AUTOFSCK_TIMEOUT=5"> /etc/sysconfig/autofsck
> echo "AUTOFSCK_DEF_CHECK=yes">> /etc/sysconfig/autofsck
>
> http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2006-November/029837.html
> http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2009-September/thread.html#81934
>
> Will this do all disks?
>
> I want to do a reboot of a couple of systems during our maintenance
> window and fsck them, but would rather try it from home first and not
> go to the data center. Then of course rush there like a madman if
> they don't come back up :-)
>
> There was a suggestion in the 2nd thread above that with ext3 this
> should not be required with proper hardware (my paraphrase). I'm
> using all IBM stuff - x3550, x3650, x3800 and some of the earlier
> models like x330. I can't imagine this being an issue. But
> nonetheless I do have some issues on a couple of systems that look
> like they need fsck'ing
It will happen by itself at some default interval. I've forgotten
exactly what the timing is but it is infrequent enough that it always
takes me by surprise when it takes an extra 10 minutes for a remote
system to come back up.
--
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx
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