On Thu, 2009-01-15 at 20:58 -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > 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).
I'd quite like to have an option to opt-out of a fsck anyway; it's really annoying when I'm just turning it on for a few minutes to check my mail before I rush out the door. Richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org