Comment 20 for bug 1875548

I do not think I have had a Live USB to do a disk check with 20.10 and
later, except with 22.04 daily.

On Tue, Mar 22, 2022 at 11:36 AM Mauricio Faria de Oliveira <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> The first issue in comment #18 (fsck.mode=skip is ignored if it's
> last on cmdline) is in progress in bug 1892369 (comment 34) [1].
>
> The second issue (ctrl-c doesn't abort the disk check) is also
> described there, and unfortunately it's a limitation which was
> introduced as part of another change, apparently (not a bug),
> and is no longer an option.
>
> ...
>
> Currently, to skip the disk integrity check (casper-md5check),
> please insert 'fsck.mode=skip' before '---' in kernel cmdline
> (i.e., make sure it's not the last string).
>
> [1]
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/casper/+bug/1892369/comments/34
>
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> Title:
> Its not easy to determine how to skip the filesystem check
>
> Status in casper package in Ubuntu:
> Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
> I see that Live Ubuntu 20.04 is plagued by disk checking on boot.
>
> Not just with Live USB but with Persistent USB also.
>
> If not fast enough to cancel with ctl-c it starts on
> filesystem.squashfs and runs until over 90% complete.
>
> Very irritating. There have been quite a few complaints on Ask Ubuntu
> already.
>
> If it was just a run once it would not be so bad.
>
> Is there some way to get rid of this or is it a bug we have to live
> with?
>
> Perusing Ask Ubuntu everyday for many years I have never seen anybody
> ask for such a feature.
>
> A run once filesystem check might have its uses on a Live installer
> drive but is not needed on a Persistent utility drive.
>
> The only alternative I see is to use a Full install USB drive were
> automatic disk checking is not run.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
> Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:20.04.18
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-26.30-generic 5.4.30
> Uname: Linux 5.4.0-26-generic x86_64
> NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
> ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27
> Architecture: amd64
> CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
> CasperVersion: 1.445
> CrashDB: ubuntu
> CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
> Date: Tue Apr 28 06:07:32 2020
> LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423)
> PackageArchitecture: all
> ProcEnviron:
> TERM=xterm-256color
> PATH=(custom, no user)
> XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
> LANG=C.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
> Symptom: dist-upgrade
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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