Automatic fsck

[Evan]

On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 12:27 PM, Phillip Susi <psusi at cfl.rr.com> wrote:

> I think both of these points are best addressed with a simple, non
> obnoxious prompt on shutdown to run a fsck before shutting down, and
> also giving the option to put it off until tomorrow, next week, or never
> ask me again.
>

I like this. If this is implemented, there needs to be a timer (maybe 30
seconds) that does a normal shutdown without fsck when it times out. If the
user closes their laptop before the prompt shows up, they don't want their
computer on and draining batteries waiting for input.

Evan
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