[Bug 368425] Re: fsck should run on shutdown, not startup

[clemenstimpler]

TLDR: There are pre-installed systems using 10.04 + ext3 in the wild.
Mine is. For those users, this bug is a real pita.

This is in my view a very serious usability issue, especially when
converting users from Windows who aren't accustomed to that kind of
thing. My story: I've bought a pre-installed pc with 10.04 and
(reasonably conservative attitude at that time) ext3 as pre-installed
file-system - I saw that only after I pressed the power-button for the
first time.  Pre-boot fsck is unnerving, because it takes a lot of time
when using ext3 (different to ext4 - my previous pc run similar
hardware, because it wasn't preinstalled). I'm quite sure that a lot of
people who bought their preinstalled systems some time ago will regard
this bug as a hassle. Not alienating them should be a prime priority in
my view. Hence, I would like the community to ponder the issue that
there may be a - on some scale - significant number of users bothered by
this bug using 10.04+ext3. From my perspective, we shouldn't just
recommend that those users reinstall 10.04+ext4. That's, for them,
probably quite close to the windows experience they tried to escape. The
user, I guess, sees no difference between executing fsck at the 29th
shutdown rather than the 30th boot. The problem may be that So I don't
want to read further comments like 'you should have installed ext4 right
away'. The users I have in view may rather prefer to use some other OS
again instead of voicing their concers here.

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Title:
  fsck should run on shutdown, not startup

Status in “sysvinit” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “sysvinit” package in Debian:
  New

Bug description:
  It makes much more sense for fsck to run on shutdown than startup. I
  almost always have to skip fsck when I turn on my computer because it
  takes about an hour. It's rare that I turn on my computer but don't
  want to use if for another hour. However it is pretty common that I
  turn if off and don't mind that it stays on for another hour.

  It should still be skippable, because sometimes you *do* want it to
  turn off (e.g. going to bed). In addition to the 'Press [esc] to skip'
  there should be a dialog box when you press shutdown:

  "It is recommended that your disk be checked for errors now.

  [OK] [Not this time] [Ask me again in a week]"

  By the way, wasn't ext3 meant to make fsck obsolete?

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