Configure Linux kernel to always scan disks

README.md

Update initramfs image with required binaries (if fsk for some reason isn't there)

tee /etc/initramfs-tools/hooks/e2fsck.sh <<'EOF' >/dev/null
#!/bin/sh
. /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hook-functions
copy_exec /sbin/e2fsck /sbin
copy_exec /sbin/fsck /sbin
copy_exec /sbin/fsck.ext2 /sbin
copy_exec /sbin/fsck.ext4 /sbin
copy_exec /sbin/logsave /sbin
EOF
sudo chmod +x /etc/initramfs-tools/hooks/e2fsck.sh
sudo update-initramfs -u -k all

Configure grub to always run fsck

sudo nano /etc/default/grub.d/50-cloudimg-settings.cfg

Append fsck.mode=force fsck.repair=yes to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT line as follows

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash fsck.mode=force fsck.repair=yes"

You could optionally append few other parameters, mitigations=off zswap.enabled=1

Update grub boot image

sudo update-grub