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Re: How do I trigger an fsck on boot for a drive not in fstab?
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Todd And Margo Chester <[log in to unmask]>
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Todd And Margo Chester <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 28 Oct 2012 00:29:43 -0700
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On 10/27/2012 07:42 PM, Steven J. Yellin wrote:
>      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
>>
>

Thank you.  Thank will work.

Actually, I am trying to solve the mystery of how to get it to
fsck at the same time as "touch /forcefsck".  Do you know
how to do this?

Many thanks,
-T

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