Re: booting with test_fs set
On 10/16/22 12:16, Bill Cunningham wrote:
On 10/16/2022 2:21 AM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
> On 10/15/22 14:33, Bill Cunningham wrote:
>> IDK why my system seems to hang when I set the test_fs option.
>>
>> tune2fs -E test_fs /dev/sda3 'exactly what I type' and reboot.
>
> Why are you setting that? That's a special development flag.
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> A development flag? I set it to run at boot time. Kind of like a force
> to run before mounting and fix an error. Otherwise I would have to
> boot into a disk tha would boot an environment and run e2fsck while
> unmounted. I thought it was to force a test of the filesystem before
> booting. I have ran e2fsck before and the mount was clean. Run it
> again and no it was dirty.
That flag is definitely not for that purpose. "force_fsck" would do
that. You don't want to be using "test_fs".
What is your email client doing to make your reply appear quoted? That
makes it difficult to find it.