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How to have automatic 'e2fsck -p -c /dev/hda1' once a week ?

How to have automatic check/fixing 'e2fsck -p -c /dev/hda1' once a week & started at the boot ?

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"How to have automatic check/fixing 'e2fsck -p -c /dev/hda1' once a week & started at the boot ?"

Use the tune2fs command. It is best to use tune2fs against an umounted partition so you may have to issue the command by booting a live CD. I think that the command that you want is:

tune2fs -i w /dev/hda1

See:
man tune2fs

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Steve Stites

Quote:

Originally Posted by jailbait (Post 2606208)

Code:

touch /forcefsck

can be added to /etc/crontab

or
at shutdown can be passed to forcefsck

or the above help note