fsck on boot 24.04 for root fs

[Keith]

On 11/1/24 9:44 AM, Jerry Geis wrote:
> I tried adding this to /etc/default/grub
> GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="fsck.mode=force fsck.repair=yes"
> then running update-grub
> rebooted
> 
> found this in /var/log/syslog
> 
> systemd[1]: systemd-fsck-root.service - File System Check on Root Device 
> was skipped because of an unmet condition check (ConditionPathExists=!/ 
> run/initramfs/fsck-root)
> 
> IN fact that file is there :
> ls /run/initramfs/
> fsck-root  fsck.log  overlayroot.log
> 
> How can I re-generate INITRAMFS so that file is not present - so fsck 
> happens on the root fs ?
> 

Initrd usually runs fsck before mounting the actual root filesystem. It 
creates the /run/initramfs/fsck-root stampfile that tells 
systemd-fsck-root.service that the root filesystem has already been 
checked. The results of the check should be in the fsck.log file.

-- 
Keith