Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:21:50 -0500 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: prad <prad@towardsfreedom.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: recovering from a power outage Message-ID: <20090213032150.GB79893@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20090212171653.3782fb82@gom.home> References: <4994B999.1090307@networktest.com> <20090213004128.GA79335@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <4994C29E.3020506@networktest.com> <20090212171653.3782fb82@gom.home>
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On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 05:16:53PM -0800, prad wrote: > On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:45:18 -0800 > David Newman <dnewman@networktest.com> 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! It does run in the background, but if you have time, it isn't a bad idea to run it in single user before bring the whole system back up in the circumstance of a catastrophic failure like a power outage. ////jerry > > -- > 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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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