On Thu 01 Sep 2022 at 22:51:44 (+0100), Mike wrote: > It's a server, so runs 24x7 but every few months or so falls on its > arse. Periodically it wants to fsck the disks, either because they've > gone 20 mounts or so without a fsck or more often because they've gone > however many days it is without a fsck. > > This I can live with. I can even live with the fact that with several > TB file systems and quite a few files, the processs takes around fuor > hours. I'd just be nice to have some progress reported. While it > managed to spit details of any file system errors that have been found > and corrected, other than that it sits there utterly silent. For hours. > I can see that it's doing something as 1) it's expected behaviour and 2) > I can see the disk light solid on. Nevertheless, it would be nice to > see the progress bar indicting how it was getting along.
You don't say which filesystem format you're using. The native formats, ext2–4, can give you a progress bar with the -C option, but only if filesystems are checked one at a time. With: # fsck -f -n -C /dev/sdz4 I get progress bars on the first two passes, but the other three flash by too quickly to make a judgment (29GB partition on a caddy). I haven't delved into -C's optional argument because I'm using an ordinary xterm. Cheers, David.
