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Date:      Fri, 11 Mar 2005 18:41:18 +0000
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: fsck errors on a running system that disappear in single-user mode
Message-ID:  <20050311184118.GF72527@hub.freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <1513197873.20050311183716@wanadoo.fr>
References:  <813975182.20050311030827@wanadoo.fr> <200503111443.j2BEh2s02308@clunix.cl.msu.edu> <1513197873.20050311183716@wanadoo.fr>

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On Fri, Mar 11, 2005 at 06:37:16PM +0100, Anthony Atkielski wrote:
> Jerry McAllister writes:
> 
> > At least most likely.    There could possibly a real inconsistency,
> > but it would be difficult on a running system to distinguish it 
> > from the artifacts you point out above.
> 
> But a real consistency would presumably persist with an fsck on a system
> in single-user mode, which is (I assume) quiescent, right?

Yes (single-user mode isn't the issue; the filesystem needs to be
unmounted or mounted read-only, or to be using UFS snapshots (in 5.x)
in order for fsck to have a consistent snapshot of the data that
doesn't change out from underneath it).

Kris



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