From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 10 21:55:52 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FDFB1065676 for ; Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:55:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cracauer@koef.zs64.net) Received: from koef.zs64.net (koef.zs64.net [212.12.50.230]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C0A08FC12 for ; Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:55:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cracauer@koef.zs64.net) Received: from koef.zs64.net (koef.zs64.net [212.12.50.230]) by koef.zs64.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id m5ALtoYC086462; Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:55:50 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from cracauer@koef.zs64.net) Received: (from cracauer@localhost) by koef.zs64.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id m5ALtoNi086461; Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:55:50 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from cracauer) Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:55:50 -0400 From: Martin Cracauer To: Pietro Cerutti Message-ID: <20080610215550.GA86219@cons.org> References: <20080610211551.GA79421@cons.org> <484EF79B.5080603@FreeBSD.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <484EF79B.5080603@FreeBSD.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: Martin Cracauer , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Remind me which filesystems exactly can be background fscked? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:55:52 -0000 Pietro Cerutti wrote on Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 11:52:27PM +0200: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA512 > > Martin Cracauer wrote: > | I'll have to repartition my 6.3 notebook anyway. Can you remind me > | which filesystems I can have background fsck on? My current single > | filesystem install checks it in foreground. > | > | If I have a separate /boot, would / be background fscked? > | > | Or is the root filesystem always foreground checked? > > AFAIK, UFS supports background checks as long as the fstab entries don't > include the async option. I certainly don't get background fsck as-is, never. Maybe there's something wrong with this fstab line? /dev/ad0s1a / ufs rw 1 1 That's the only filesystem in that machine. Thanks Martin -- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Martin Cracauer http://www.cons.org/cracauer/ FreeBSD - where you want to go, today. http://www.freebsd.org/