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Date:      Sat, 27 Sep 2008 10:04:58 +0200 (CEST)
From:      sthaug@nethelp.no
To:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: UNEXPECTED SOFT UPDATE INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY
Message-ID:  <20080927.100458.74661341.sthaug@nethelp.no>
In-Reply-To: <588787159.20080927003750@takeda.tk>
References:  <765067435.20080926223557@takeda.tk> <20080927064417.GA43638@icarus.home.lan> <588787159.20080927003750@takeda.tk>

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> > IMHO, a dirty filesystem should not be mounted until it's been fully
> > analysed/scanned by fsck.  So again, people are putting faith into
> > UFS2+SU despite actual evidence proving that it doesn't handle all
> > scenarios.
> 
> Yes, I think the background fsck should be disabled by default, with a
> possibility to enable it if the user is sure that nothing will
> interfere with soft updates.

Having been bitten by problems in this area more than once, I now always
disable background fsck. Having it disabled by default has my vote too.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no



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