7.5. Slackware

cd /etc/rc.d
cp -a rc.S rc.S.old
patch -p0 < rc.S.diff
            

----- snip snip file: rc.S.diff---------------
--- rc.S.or	Tue Jul 17 18:11:20 2001
+++ rc.S	Tue Jul 17 17:57:36 2001
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #
 # Mostly written by:  Patrick J. Volkerding, <volkerdi@slackware.com>
 #
+# Added LVM support <tgs@iafrica.com>

 PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin

@@ -28,19 +29,21 @@
   READWRITE=yes
 fi

+
 # Check the integrity of all filesystems
 if [ ! READWRITE = yes ]; then
-  /sbin/fsck -A -a
+  /sbin/fsck -a /
+  # Check only the root fs first, but no others
   # If there was a failure, drop into single-user mode.
   if [ ? -gt 1 ] ; then
     echo
     echo
-    echo "*******************************************************"
-    echo "*** An error occurred during the file system check. ***"
-    echo "*** You will now be given a chance to log into the  ***"
-    echo "*** system in single-user mode to fix the problem.  ***"
-    echo "*** Running 'e2fsck -v -y <partition>' might help.  ***"
-    echo "*******************************************************"
+    echo "************************************************************"
+    echo "*** An error occurred during the root file system check. ***"
+    echo "*** You will now be given a chance to log into the       ***"
+    echo "*** system in single-user mode to fix the problem.       ***"
+    echo "*** Running 'e2fsck -v -y <partition>' might help.       ***"
+    echo "************************************************************"
     echo
     echo "Once you exit the single-user shell, the system will reboot."
     echo
@@ -82,6 +85,44 @@
     echo -n "get into your machine and start looking for the problem. "
     read junk;
   fi
+  # okay / fs is clean, and mounted as rw
+  # This was an addition, limits vgscan to /proc thus
+  # speeding up the scan immensely.
+  /sbin/mount /proc
+
+  # Initialize Logical Volume Manager
+  /sbin/vgscan
+  /sbin/vgchange -ay
+
+  /sbin/fsck -A -a -R
+  #Check all the other filesystem, including the LVM's, excluding /
+
+  # If there was a failure, drop into single-user mode.
+  if [ ? -gt 1 ] ; then
+    echo
+    echo
+    echo "*******************************************************"
+    echo "*** An error occurred during the file system check. ***"
+    echo "*** You will now be given a chance to log into the  ***"
+    echo "*** system in single-user mode to fix the problem.  ***"
+    echo "*** Running 'e2fsck -v -y <partition>' might help.  ***"
+    echo "*** The root filesystem is ok and mounted readwrite ***"
+    echo "*******************************************************"
+    echo
+    echo "Once you exit the single-user shell, the system will reboot."
+    echo
+
+    PS1="(Repair filesystem) #"; export PS1
+    sulogin
+
+    echo "Unmounting file systems."
+    umount -a -r
+    mount -n -o remount,ro /
+    echo "Rebooting system."
+    sleep 2
+    reboot
+  fi
+
 else
   echo "Testing filesystem status: read-write filesystem"
   if cat /etc/fstab | grep ' / ' | grep umsdos 1> /dev/null 2> /dev/null ;
then
@@ -111,14 +152,16 @@
     echo -n "Press ENTER to continue. "
     read junk;
   fi
+
 fi

+
 # remove /etc/mtab* so that mount will create it with a root entry
 /bin/rm -f /etc/mtab* /etc/nologin /etc/shutdownpid

 # mount file systems in fstab (and create an entry for /)
 # but not NFS or SMB because TCP/IP is not yet configured
-/sbin/mount -a -v -t nonfs,nosmbfs
+/sbin/mount -a -v -t nonfs,nosmbfs,proc

 # Clean up temporary files on the /var volume:
 /bin/rm -f /var/run/utmp /var/run/*.pid /var/log/setup/tmp/*
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