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Re: How do I trigger an fsck on boot for a drive not in fstab?
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"Steven J. Yellin" <[log in to unmask]>
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Steven J. Yellin
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Sat, 27 Oct 2012 19:42:29 -0700
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     You can put an fsck command in /etc/rc.d/rc.local.

Steven Yellin

On Sat, 27 Oct 2012, Todd And Margo Chester wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> SL 6.2, x64
>
> I have an "ext 4" drive (/dev/sdb1)  I use for backup that is
> deliberately not in my fstab.
>
> "touch /forcefsck" will only force a check on my main ("/")
> drive.
>
> Question: is there a way to trigger an an fsck at boot on
> this backup drive?
>
> Many thanks,
> -T
>

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