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Old 07-03-2006, 09:57 PM   #1
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Turning off disk check on boot


Is it possible to temporarily turn off disk checking when linux first boots? Distro is Fedora Core 5.

Thanks,
Paddy
 
Old 07-03-2006, 11:35 PM   #2
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Boot your computer and type "man shutdown".

You'll see a line "-f Skip fsck on reboot." Use that.

sudo shutdown -f now
 
Old 07-04-2006, 07:12 PM   #3
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Thanks works great!
 
  


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