Sam Sharpe wrote

>The /.autofsck file is created by the system automatically at boot time
>by the /etc/rc.sysinit script by simply touching the file. It has no
>content. The logic behind it is, that if the host went down not properly
>(i.e. power loss) the /etc/rc.sysinit script will find this .autofsck
>file at next boot time and the system can act with a default scenario or
>like configured within the file /etc/sysconfig/autofsck. If the hosts
>shuts down or reboots properly, then the .autofsck file will be erased
>by the /etc/init.d/halt script and no automatic filesystem check will
>happen next boot. I think this answers the 3 questions by Ralf. The file
>is generated by /etc/rc.sysinit, used by the system to know about no
>proper shutdowns and you should leave the file as it is. There is not

>any need to delete it.

I had already seen this. Nothing in there is consistent with my case.

My reboots look normal, so system should erase ./autofsck, but it doesnt.

There is no fsck activity during the boot at least none I can see.

 I used,once, 'touch /forcefsck', which did do the fsck, no errors, normal reboot.

Jack