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| -rw-r--r-- | misc/ChangeLog | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | misc/fsck.8.in | 9 |
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/misc/ChangeLog b/misc/ChangeLog index 60ff2a9c..a51329a6 100644 --- a/misc/ChangeLog +++ b/misc/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,9 @@ 2000-12-02 <tytso@snap.thunk.org> + * fsck.8.in: Add clarification that filesystems with a fs_passno + of 0 are skipped with the -A option. (Debian wishlist/bug + #63442) + * fsck.c (wait_one): When we let a new fsck take control of the console to display the progress bar, set FLAG_PROGRESS to so that fsck knows not to start new processes during an diff --git a/misc/fsck.8.in b/misc/fsck.8.in index bef29f21..d26b4661 100644 --- a/misc/fsck.8.in +++ b/misc/fsck.8.in @@ -127,9 +127,14 @@ filesystems will be checked in the order specified by the .I fs_passno (the sixth) field in the .I /etc/fstab -file. If there are multiple filesystems with the same pass number, +file. +Filesystems with a +.I fs_passno +value of 0 are skipped and are not checked at all. +If there are multiple filesystems with the same pass number, e2fsck will attempt to check them in parallel, although it will avoid running -multiple filesystem checks on the same physical disk. Hence, +multiple filesystem checks on the same physical disk. +Hence, a very common configuration in .I /etc/fstab files is to set the root filesystem to have a |