Will my system fsck when I reboot?

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Published on 2009-06-18T20:37:21Z Indexed on 2010/04/15 14:03 UTC
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...and how do I find out?

Say I am about to reboot a server. I would like to minimize downtime, so thinking about wrapping reboot in an alias that says "hang on buddy, you're going to hit a fsck on boot".

Next question.. what's the best way to say "lets do it next time?" set the last check date?

I know tune2fs can set a bunch of parameters, but how would I get em?

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