Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 09:05:48 -0800 From: Freddie Cash <fcash-ml@sd73.bc.ca> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fsck: broken file system with background check remains broken after bootup Message-ID: <200501040905.48468.fcash-ml@sd73.bc.ca> In-Reply-To: <41DA7D20.8000704@yahoo.com> References: <41DA6E6C.8030505@yahoo.com> <20050104120204.74997852.gstewart@bonivet.net> <41DA7D20.8000704@yahoo.com>
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On January 4, 2005 03:25 am, Rob wrote: > Thanks for your replies, but apparently I didn't make my point > clearly. Let me try again: > > If the system ends with a bad filesystem, the background check may > leave the system unusable after bootup. For a FreeBSD guru this is > indeed easy to fix (single user mode, rescue floppies, live CDs > bootup etc.). > > However, the main user of this particular PC is not at all a guru; on > 4.10 I had rc.conf configured such that at bootup all filesystems > would be automatically fixed with: fsck_y_enable="YES". > With 4.10, this always worked nicely, whatever sudden power cut have > happened. > > However, with 5.3, a recent powercut crippled the /usr filesystem > such that X11 hanged. The user of this PC was convinced that FreeBSD > was infected by a virus :(. > > An automatic fsck could have fixed the system (I eventually did it > manually in single user mode), but the background check left the > system broken..... > > So I want to configure 5.3 similar to former 4.10: a full automatic > fix of all filesystems at bootup, in case the system was not properly > shutdown. How can I do that? As with FreeBSD 4.x, all rc.conf options are listed in /etc/defaults/rc.conf. Read /etc/defaults/rc.conf and put the appropriate fsck options into /etc/rc.conf. What you want to do is disable background fsck, giving you the same behaviour as with 4.x, -- Freddie Cash, CCNT CCLP Helpdesk / Network Support Tech. School District 73 (250) 377-HELP [377-4357] fcash-ml@sd73.bc.ca
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