Enhancement: Prompt to check a busy file system on next reboot
Bug #761478 reported by
Daniel Ellis
This bug affects 3 people
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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GNOME Disks |
Fix Released
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High
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Baltix |
Confirmed
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Low
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Unassigned | ||
gnome-disk-utility (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Wishlist
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: gnome-disk-utility
When selecting "Check File System" on a file system which is is use, you currently get an error stating the device is busy.
If a disk was busy, Disk Utility could prompt the user and ask if the file system should be scheduled for a check on the next reboot.
I have just found out about the special file "/forcefsck" (http://
Changed in gnome-disk-utility (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
Changed in gnome-disk-utility (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in baltix: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
Changed in gnome-disk-utility: | |
importance: | Unknown → High |
status: | Unknown → New |
Changed in gnome-disk-utility: | |
status: | New → In Progress |
Changed in gnome-disk-utility: | |
status: | In Progress → Fix Released |
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Simply creating that file would not be entirely enough. As in while that seems to force the fsck, said file does not get removed automatically. And maybe even shouldn't be removed, unless it was created by gdu.