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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>
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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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