FSCK required each time rebooting

leynux · n00b Joined: 09 Apr 2004 Posts: 20

This is my first time installing Gentoo.

After succesfully compiled and configure everything, I accidentally miss to unmount my disk:

11.b. Reboot and Enjoy
# umount /mnt/gentoo/boot /mnt/gentoo/proc /mnt/gentoo

With the command (exit, reboot) i can get my gentoo running.

My problem is, everytime I do reboot the system, the system keep on asking to check root file system error (FSCK is required), even after I manually run FSCK on the root file system (ext3).

Can I fix this?

furkan · Guru Joined: 11 Dec 2003 Posts: 520 Location: Montreal CA

of course you can fix it

can you post your fstab please,fstab is in /etc

leynux · n00b Joined: 09 Apr 2004 Posts: 20

Down below is my /etc/fstab, I did follow almost everything from handbook. Thanks for prompt response.

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# <fs> <mountpoint> <type> <opts> <dump/pass>
/dev/hda1 /boot ext2 noauto,noatime 1 2
/dev/hda2 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/hda3 / ext3 notime 0 1
/dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto 0 0
# NOTE: The next line is critical for boot!
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0

CyberCobra5 · n00b Joined: 24 Nov 2003 Posts: 30

I would try changing the line:

/dev/hda3 / ext3 notime 0 1

to:

/dev/hda3 / ext3 notime 0 0

Then, reboot the system (it shouldn't fsck), change the line back, and reboot again.

leynux · n00b Joined: 09 Apr 2004 Posts: 20

Yes, it skipped the check.

But why the default check suppose to fail, even after I did recheck several time?