From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 13 01:16:56 2009 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 86E8E1065672 for ; Fri, 13 Feb 2009 01:16:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prad@towardsfreedom.com) Received: from idcmail-mo1so.shaw.ca (idcmail-mo1so.shaw.ca [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 582248FC17 for ; Fri, 13 Feb 2009 01:16:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prad@towardsfreedom.com) Received: from pd3ml1so-ssvc.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.141.140]) by pd2mo1so-svcs.prod.shaw.ca with ESMTP; 12 Feb 2009 18:16:55 -0700 X-Cloudmark-SP-Filtered: true X-Cloudmark-SP-Result: v=1.0 c=0 a=KoDPwd6_AAAA:8 a=i4OvK6V8jdB9v81dWbwA:9 a=wQ9K0Jr7lqYxyFjpOohEy85dlHIA:4 a=bEQ6sKmtrOMA:10 Received: from s0106000d935c7902.du.shawcable.net (HELO gom.home) ([70.67.160.177]) by pd3ml1so-dmz.prod.shaw.ca with ESMTP; 12 Feb 2009 18:16:54 -0700 Received: from gom.home (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gom.home (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF1B51701E for ; Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:16:53 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:16:53 -0800 From: prad To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20090212171653.3782fb82@gom.home> In-Reply-To: <4994C29E.3020506@networktest.com> References: <4994B999.1090307@networktest.com> <20090213004128.GA79335@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <4994C29E.3020506@networktest.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.3.1 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: recovering from a power outage 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: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 01:16:56 -0000 On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:45:18 -0800 David Newman wrote: > 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. > i thought it happens in the background anyway. i don't recall having to do anything other than listen to the drive whirring away - and we've had many power outages! -- In friendship, prad ... with you on your journey Towards Freedom http://www.towardsfreedom.com (website) Information, Inspiration, Imagination - truly a site for soaring I's