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Date:      Mon, 25 Nov 2002 14:04:58 -0800
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
To:        Mikhail Teterin <mi+mx@aldan.algebra.com>
Cc:        Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.ORG>, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: -current unusable after a crash
Message-ID:  <3DE29E8A.D226B151@mindspring.com>
References:  <200211250959.39594.mi%2Bmx@aldan.algebra.com> <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1021125102358.33619A-100000@fledge.watson.org> <20021125172445.GA8953@rot13.obsecurity.org> <200211251254.26497.mi%2Bmx@aldan.algebra.com>

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Mikhail Teterin wrote:
> On Monday 25 November 2002 12:24 pm, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> = On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 10:24:46AM -0500, Robert Watson wrote:
> =
> = > > I thought, this might be due to the priority of the background
> = > > fsck and have once left it alone for several hours -- with no
> = > > effect. The usual fsck takes a few minutes.
> =
> = We really need to disable background fsck if the system panicked.
> 
> Otherwise, is there a need for fsck at all? Can sudden powerloss be
> reliably distinguished from a panic?

No, nor from hardware failures (disk/controller/other), without
NVRAM to save the crash reason in the case there is one.

-- Terry

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