Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:05:16 -0700 From: Tim Judd <tajudd@gmail.com> To: David Newman <dnewman@networktest.com> Cc: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: recovering from a power outage Message-ID: <4994C74C.3060906@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4994C29E.3020506@networktest.com> References: <4994B999.1090307@networktest.com> <20090213004128.GA79335@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <4994C29E.3020506@networktest.com>
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David Newman wrote: > On 2/12/09 4:41 PM, Jerry McAllister wrote: > >> On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 04:06:49PM -0800, David Newman wrote: >> >> >>> What's the canonical method for checking ufs file systems on a FreeBSD >>> 7.1/amd64 system after an unscheduled power outage? >>> >> How about fsck >> > > Right. I'm asking procedurally how that's invoked -- eg., do I need to > boot into single-user mode, what filesystem(s) do I mount and how, what > switches if any do I use with fsck and so on. > > thanks! > > dn > > > >> ////jerry >> >> >> >>> thanks >>> >>> dn >>> It's part of the bootup scripts now. It runs in the background 60 seconds after the login prompt shows up (not exactly, but close to 60 secs) it's the background_fsck option that defaults to YES in /etc/rc startup. only if there's major problems will it bail out, screaming for help. it'll drop you into a shell telling you that the filesystems need repair. --Tim
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