Linux Force Fsck Disk Check on Boot

Scenario / Question:

How to force fsck on the next reboot?

Solution / Answer:

By creating an empty forcefsck file in the root directoy

FSCK Command:

fsck – check and repair a Linux file system

DESCRIPTION:

fsck is used to check and optionally repair one or more Linux file systems.

Create empty forcefsck file:

In order to force your system to run fsck on your file systems during the next reboot you need to create a file called “forcefsck” in your root “/” folder.

Become Root

$ su -

Create forcefsck file in root folder

# touch /forcefsck

Reboot System

# shutdown -r now