[Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Bug#568200: Bug#568200: initscripts: fsck attempted on non-existent partitions

[Petter Reinholdtsen]

[Arthur Marsh]
> I believe that if there is an entry in /etc/fstab for a filesystem
> whose device (or in this case UUID) does not exist, no attempt
> should be made to run fsck. Perhaps just a "device UUID=4823-93A9
> does not exist" should be reported, but please don't halt the boot
> process.

Well, I disagree.  If a device what should be present during boot is
missing when the boot take place, this is an error that should be
reported by fsck.  The last number in the fstab entry (the fsck order,
currently 2) indicate that fsck should take place during boot, and
also indicate that the device should be present.  If this is not the
intention, change the 2 to 0 to disable fsck during boot.  If it
should not be automatically mounted during boot, a noauto flag should
be added to the options too.

Happy hacking,
-- 
Petter Reinholdtsen