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Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> On 13/01/2018 23:16, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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>> On Sat, 13 Jan 2018 14:57:59 -0600, John Johnson wrote: |
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>>> Shouldn't that be taken care of by the "/etc/fstab" entries? |
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>> Those say whether the filesystem should be checked, not when. |
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>>> Obviously, if "/usr" is on a separate partition, it needs to be mounted |
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>>> at the time when "/usr/sbin/fsck" is expected to be present. |
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>> fsck is in /sbin, but that's not the point. If you have an initramfs, |
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>> fsck should be in it and run before /usr is mounted rw, which means it |
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>> has to be done by the initramfs. It's too late to do it when control has |
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>> been handed over because then /usr is already mounted rw. |
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> So what does the dirty check and fsck of / ? |
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> I don't have an initramfs, I don't have a separate /usr, I run OpenRC |
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> and the kernel command line says where / is for mounting |
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I think without a init thingy, it mounts / ro at first, runs the checks |
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and then remounts rw. I think it does the same with /usr. I'm not sure |
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what decides that tho. |
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The last I rebooted, the checks are done within the init thingy for / |
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and /usr, while mounted ro of course. Once / and /usr are in the clear, |
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it swaps from the init thingy and the normal kernel/OS boot starts. I |
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think it checks /home after the init thingy is gone. I think. It's |
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been a while since I rebooted. 167 days so far. The power company is |
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doing a good job of keeping our power going. |
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If I ever redo my setup, /usr will be on / and hopefully no init |
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thingy. With drives and file systems like they are now, it's just not |
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worth the trouble. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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