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Can I make low-level changes on a root fs mounted RO?
Related to this question: having a root file system that had to be mounted read-only (say it's completely broken), can I reformat the partition or dd a older backup image on top of it (and then ...
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Where is fsck startet for the root filesystem at boot?
I want to extend an existing Debian 6.0 system so that it is able to automatically fix a corrupt root file system by restoring a separate image. That process should start automatically instead of the ...
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Slow boot, how to program fsck to run like a cron job?
Sometimes my web server crashes, and it may take hours to boot. I've been told fsck might be the culprit, because it can only be run during boot, only runs after X days and Y mounts, and if the server ...
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Why does e2fsck fail during boot, but not later?
When booting my Debian server, I'm presented with the following error concerning my external hard drive:
/dev/disk/by-label/elements:
The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ...
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Should I run fsck on boot for an amazon ec2 image?
I have an Ubuntu micro instance running on amazon EC2.
Recently after logging in I was alerted:
*** /dev/xvda1 will be checked for errors at next reboot ***
I've rebooted a couple times using init ...
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How can I avoid “Run fsck manually” messages while allowing experimenting with system time changes?
I'm working with a system where we want to allow users to play around with the date and time if they want, and where reboots may happen arbitrarily. This is fine, except for one thing: if there's a ...
