Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 08:48:03 +0100 From: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how do i fsck my server? Message-ID: <20110616084803.19be6263@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <273612.22162.qm@web36506.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <20110615195027.GA1196@thought.org> <E72360F6-9DC3-4D6A-BD3E-E23D0E7E79E1@mac.com> <273612.22162.qm@web36506.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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_____________________________ > From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> > To: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> > Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > Sent: Wed, June 15, 2011 4:04:23 PM > Subject: Re: how do i fsck my server? > You can set fsck_y_enable="YES" in /etc/rc.conf, but it shouldn't be > necessary. The system can figure out for itself whether it shutdown > cleanly or whether a fsck is necessary. fsck_y_enable="YES" doesn't mean do an unconditional fsck, it means do an fsck -y if the preen fails. On Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:25:33 -0700 (PDT) Bill Tillman <btillman99@yahoo.com> wrote: > The correct reply to this IMHO should > have been "HELL YES, your server will check for a clean exit on every > reboot. It will count to 60 seconds and then if the last shutdown was > not clean it will start running fsck all by itself and this will tie > up your system's resources for quite a while You can avoid that with gjournal.
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