background fsck

[Eric Kjeldergaard]

On 11/21/05, Wojciech Puchar <wojtek at tensor.3miasto.net> wrote:
> what is the rule to decide if filesystem may be background checked or not?
>
> for example my / is checked foreground, while /home checked background.
>
> can't root partition be background checked too?

On my laptop, if I'm in a hurry to get back up after a crash, I either
boot single user and log out instantly, or boot regularly and hit
Ctrl+C when the system begins fscking.  Either of these cause / to be
background fscked a few minutes after I'm up.

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