{"id":2105,"date":"2015-05-28T09:42:05","date_gmt":"2015-05-28T09:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/?p=2105"},"modified":"2021-02-09T09:25:06","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T09:25:06","slug":"how-to-force-a-fsck-on-server-reboot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/how-to-force-a-fsck-on-server-reboot\/","title":{"rendered":"How to force a fsck on server reboot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>fsck stands for File System Check and it is a disk repair utility used in Linux based operating systems.<br \/>\nNormally fsck is began instantly at start time if some file system problem\u00a0is recognized. However Server Administrators can run a manual fsck as well if they observe any problems on the working system. It is always performed after unmounting the relevant server partition and in most situations in single user mode.<br \/>\nThis article cover the ways we can set fsck to start instantly at reboot.<\/p>\n<p>First way we\u00a0can use to perform\u00a0this is by creating a file under root file system \/ , We\u00a0can do this by using following command :<\/p>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \">touch \/forcefsck<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p>Then reboot the system :<\/p>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \">reboot<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p>The second method is more easy\u00a0and just requires the use of an additional argument -F to force fsck , we can do this by using below command :<\/p>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \">shutdown -rF now<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p>This\u00a0is the normal command used for server reboot and adding -F make sure\u00a0that a forced file system check ( fsck ) will be performed on the server.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to skip fsck,you can check our post on <a href=\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/linux-skip-or-bypass-a-fsck\/\">Skip or bypass s FSCK<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"post-title entry-title\"><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>fsck stands for File System Check and it is a disk repair utility used in Linux based operating systems. 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