[WBEL-users] Force FSCK every reboot

[Kirby Bohling]

On Mon, Apr 05, 2004 at 12:34:44PM -0700, Mickael Maddison wrote:
> Hello whitebox-users,
> 
> I'm wondering... how can I force WBEL to automatically run FSCK -y on ALL hard-disk partitions upon reboot (whether soft or hard).
> 
> I currently have the ability to remotely cycle the power to a machine, but don't have remote KVM yet.  So I want to avoid the possibility of a machine sitting waiting for me to enter the root password to fsck the machine... I would much rather have that done automatically on ANY reboot, so that if I have to cycle the power, I know the chances of the machine coming to 'online' status are much greater.
> 
> Suggestions?

I believe there are several ways to do this.  First off a simple
script.  Just go find the fsck commands in /etc/rc.d/rc.sysconfig

initlog -c "fsck -T -a / $fsckoptions"
initlog -c "fsck -T -R -A -a $fsckoptions"

Modify both of those lines to have a -y on them.

It appears that you might be able add a line immediatly after this
snippit in /etc/rc.d/init.d/halt:

# remove the crash indicator flag
rm -f /.autofsck


Add a line like this:
echo "-y" >> /fsckoptions

It looks like the rc.sysconfig script reads in that file to be a way
to set fsck options for the next boot.  However, the file gets
removed on every boot (I suppose you could modify that also).

I don't have time to look into it to see if there is a better way.
Those are just the two most obvious ways to me from a cursory look
at the startup scripts.

	Thanks,
		Kirby


> 
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> Best regards,
>  Mickael                          mailto:mike@kamloopsbc.com
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