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Date:      Sun, 21 Sep 2008 16:59:50 -0700
From:      Clint Olsen <clint.olsen@gmail.com>
To:        Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: UNEXPECTED SOFT UPDATE INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY
Message-ID:  <20080921235950.GB25826@0lsen.net>
In-Reply-To: <20080921220720.GA9847@icarus.home.lan>
References:  <20080921213426.GA13923@0lsen.net> <20080921215203.GC9494@icarus.home.lan> <20080921215930.GA25826@0lsen.net> <20080921220720.GA9847@icarus.home.lan>

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On Sep 21, Jeremy Chadwick wrote:
> Re-adding mailing list to the CC list.
> 
> No, I don't think that is the case, assuming the filesystems are UFS2
> and are using softupdates.  When booting multi-user, fsck is run in the
> background, meaning the system is fully up + usable even before the fsck
> has started.

The last time things crashed hard, the boot sequence was halted in order to
run fsck.
 
> Consider using background_fsck="no" in /etc/rc.conf if you prefer the
> old behaviour.  Otherwise, boot single-user then do the fsck.

Yes, I'll do this.
 
> You could also consider using clri(8) to clear the inode (190).  Do this
> in single-user while the filesystem is not mounted.  After using clri,
> run fsck a couple times.

Ok, thanks.
 
> Also, are there any kernel messages about ATA/SCSI disk errors or other
> anomalies?

None.  In fact smartctl will not do anything now.  It just prints out the
quick banner message and exits immediately with no error.

-Clint

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