But it should be persisted by default in /var/log, so there should be a unit somewhere that if the log has information then it appends it in a file and gets logrotated.
That way, if a server or PC is acting strange, one could look there to see if something strange happened to the filesystem and when it happened. The log shouldn't be lost... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to initramfs-tools in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1619753 Title: systemd-fsck does not show results of rootfs filesystem check in logs or journald Status in initramfs-tools package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: Prior to the systemd paradigm shift, Ubuntu versions provided mechanisms to be able to see the results of a filesystem check performed on the root filesystem either in boot.log in 12.04 or in mountall.log in 14.04. As of 16.04, there is no way to see the output of systemd-fsck when it is run on the root filesystem. root@ubuntu-16-04-1:~# lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS Release: 16.04 root@ubuntu-16-04-1:~# apt-cache policy systemd systemd: Installed: 229-4ubuntu7 Candidate: 229-4ubuntu7 Version table: *** 229-4ubuntu7 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 229-4ubuntu4 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages Steps to reproduce: 1) Force fsck on next reboot by altering linux boot commandline: Edit /etc/default/grub and add "fsck.mode=force" to the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX variable. If you also want to force repair behavior, also add "fsck.repair=yes" to the same variable. # example: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="fsck.mode=force fsck.repair=yes" Once the changes have been made, run "sudo update-grub" to update the boot info, then reboot. 2) After boot, journalctl does not report any filesystem repair details for the root fs, only for secondary filesystems such as /boot or others designated in /etc/fstab. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/1619753/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
