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Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 10:58:14 -0700
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Can a forced volume check be interrupted?
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On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 10:50:56AM -0700, BRM wrote:
> Probably, but why would you want to? it fixes any errors, and makes the file
> system relatively clean again so that things function well - and things don't
> get lost.
> If you skip it, you risk data corruption on disk.
That misses the point. I have rebooted sometimes just for a quick
change, possibly to try a different kernel, and intending to reboot
several times. Then whoops! it starts a long fsck scan, not to repair
damage, but just because some counter went to zero. What a waste.
It's like insisting on an oil change exactly every 3000 miles. No,
sorry, I will wait until it is convenient for *me*, not the odometer.
So his question is, once the fsck has started, can he ^C to bomb it
off, or do anything else to skip what has started?
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