====== Mounting Drives ======

===== List available drives =====

<code bash>sudo fdisk -l</code>
[[http://man.cx/fdisk|fdisk manpage]]

<code bash>sudo lsblk -o NAME,FSTYPE,SIZE,MOUNTPOINT,LABEL</code>
<code bash>sudo lsblk -f</code>
[[http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/trusty/en/man8/lsblk.8.html|lsblk manpage]]

===== Do a filesystem check =====

Unmount partition first.
<code bash>fsck /dev/sdb5</code>
[[http://linux.die.net/man/8/fsck|fsck manpage]]

===== force a filesystem check on next boot =====

Create a file called forcefsck in the / directory
<code bash>touch /forcefsck</code>
[[http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-force-fsck-on-the-next-reboot-or-boot-sequence/]]

===== Show filesystem check intervals =====

<code bash>tune2fs -l <device></code>

===== Set filesystem check intervals =====

<code bash>
sudo vi /etc/fstab
# / is on /dev/sda1
UUID=123abcd1-a123-1a12-1234-a1a1234ab123 /               ext4    errors=remount-ro 0       1

# Setting maximal mount count to 60
sudo tune2fs -c 60 /dev/sda1

#Setting interval between checks to 2592000 seconds
sudo tune2fs -i 30d /dev/sda1
</code>
[[https://www.thomas-krenn.com/de/wiki/FSCK_Best_Practices#Periodischen_FSCK_aktivieren]]