On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 05:20:53AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 01/13/09 04:40, elektra wrote: > [snip]
> >The startup scripts issue a warning of the kind "Warning! Skipping file > >system check because the system is running on battery power" - I don't > >know the exact wording - so the sysadmin has to perform the check manually > >after boot-up to avoid data loss... > > > > It's been like that for ages, since a full fsck takes a long time, > which would drain the batteries. Ouch. Shouldn't it give a prompt asking what it should do? i.e. ask to skip the fsck and force the mount; or run the fsck anyway (and suggest plugging in the computer for the duration). Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
