how to force a hd check during boot up

[Gustavo Seabra]

On 5/13/05, Alexander Dalloz <ad+lists at uni-x.org> wrote:
> Am Mi, den 11.05.2005 schrieb Gustavo Seabra um 7:16:
> 
> > On 5/9/05, Charles Li <cli168 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > I had to shutdown using the power button.  At the next
> > > boot up, it asks me to do a hd check, which I missed.
> > > How do I tell it to do a hd check after this?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Charles Li
> > >
> >
> > Sometimes it happens to me too. I think the time it gives us to click
> > on the right key is too llittle. If I'm not with my finger already
> > there waiting, it just passes and i never get the chance to ask for
> > the check.
> >
> > Is there a way to increase the time it waits for the response?
> 
> Yes. Settings like following are possible:
> 
> $ cat /etc/sysconfig/autofsck
> 
> AUTOFSCK_DEF_CHECK=yes
> PROMPT=yes
> AUTOFSCK_TIMEOUT=30
> AUTOFSCK_OPT=""
> 
> Alexander
> 

Interesting... I don't have this file on my system. Should it be
there? Or is it necessary only if you need to change the defaults?

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