Rocky 9.x Force rescan or check of xfs filesystem on reboot

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To force rescan or check of xfs filesystem on reboot use:

1. Edit /etc/fstab file and change values in last two columns to non-zero
2. Create a file using:

   touch /forcefsck

3. Reboot the machine to start scan

   shutdown -r now

Refer:

• https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/574128/repair-file-system-by-edit-the-fstab-file

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