Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:30:59 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: Jim <stapleton.41@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: filesystem information Message-ID: <20080630073059.be11304d.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <80f4f2b20806300401x71483882x8e9a6cf919f1ff9@mail.gmail.com> References: <80f4f2b20806300401x71483882x8e9a6cf919f1ff9@mail.gmail.com>
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In response to Jim <stapleton.41@gmail.com>: > I have a computer that is in a situation where it is losing power > occasionally. All but one of the filesystems are going along fine. > Once file system seems to lose data on a power outage. Even if it only > reads a file, and doesn't write it, it may still lose a file (ex, > about half the audio files on my xmms playlist, a couple data files in > my wine directory that, to my knowledge, are unlikely to be written > after they are first installed). > > What I'd like to do is get an output of the flags and options on my > filesystems to see what is different between that filesystem and the > others. Any suggestion on how to do that? This particular FS has > lasted through several rebuilds since it doesn't hold OS critical > stuff, just data files. tunefs -p and/or dumpfs -m > Any suggestions? Sounds like you're on the right track with hunting this down. Perhaps turn softupdates off and mount the filesystem sync if you're seeing lots of power outages. -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com
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