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From: John Johnson <ilmostro7@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] fsck check of /usr on a separate partition fails during boot
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2018 20:58:27
Message-Id: CAMtWw9x+_zkKeQBcj+XFtF6BriJOTAMNH_1PkmYSJedKa9jpRg@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] fsck check of /usr on a separate partition fails during boot by Neil Bothwick
1 Shouldn't that be taken care of by the "/etc/fstab" entries?
2 Obviously, if "/usr" is on a separate partition, it needs to be mounted at
3 the time when "/usr/sbin/fsck" is expected to be present.
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6 On Sat, Jan 13, 2018 at 2:54 PM, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote:
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8 > On Sat, 13 Jan 2018 21:29:12 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
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10 > > fwiw, fsck here runs automagically at startup whenever the fs is dirty,
11 > > and I do not use an initramfs at all. Not sure exactly what code does
12 > > this, I assume it's something in OpenRC.
13 >
14 > It is, and the reason it works is that you do not use an initramfs that
15 > mounts /usr before openrc gets a look in. If you use an initramfs, that
16 > should take care of running fsck when needed.
17 >
18 >
19 > --
20 > Neil Bothwick
21 >
22 > Puns are bad, but poetry is verse...
23 >

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Re: [gentoo-user] fsck check of /usr on a separate partition fails during boot Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>