Re: [gentoo-user] Can a forced volume check be interrupted?

[BRM]

----- Original Message ----

> From: Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com>
> To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
> Sent: Tue, April 12, 2011 3:29:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Can a forced volume check be interrupted?
>
> >> >> 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?
> >>
> >> Exactly.  I couldn't get  it to stop with ^C or i or  I.
> >>
> >
> > No. You can't. Nor do  you want to at that point.
> > Once it has started it really should run  until completion otherwise you
>really
> > risk data corruption.
> > If  you want to stop it, you have to prevent it from starting in the first
>place.
>
> Yeah, that can really be a drag.  Last night my Gentoo HTPC  checked
> the 2TB drive for 2 hours when I rebooted after a movie we  were
> watching froze.
>

As I said, if you are anticipating such a situation - or like the situation you 
are in - you can use the interactive boot or other methods to keep it from 
running to start with.
That is your best bet, and your safest.

Ben