From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Nov 3 01:51:43 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id BAA02588 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 3 Nov 1995 01:51:43 -0800 Received: from tfs.com (tfs.com [140.145.250.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with SMTP id BAA02580 for ; Fri, 3 Nov 1995 01:51:40 -0800 Received: from critter.tfs.com by tfs.com (smail3.1.28.1) with SMTP id m0tBImc-0003w1C; Fri, 3 Nov 95 01:51 PST Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.tfs.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) with SMTP id KAA01878; Fri, 3 Nov 1995 10:45:51 +0100 X-Authentication-Warning: critter.tfs.com: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" cc: Jeffrey Hsu , hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: More nits In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 02 Nov 1995 11:00:16 PST." <11965.815338816@time.cdrom.com> Date: Fri, 03 Nov 1995 10:45:51 +0100 Message-ID: <1876.815391951@critter.tfs.com> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > > Rather than yet another non-standard option, how about using the heuristic > > that if a filesystem doesn't have to be fsck'ed, it's okay for the > > mount to fail? The theory being that a fs which must be fsck'ed is more > > critical than one which does not. Both the CDROM filesystems and the DOS > > filesystems fit this heuristic. > > That would leave any critical NFS filesystems to slip through the cracks. > > I think David's right - another keyword is the way to go (but if nobody's > going to ADD this keyword, I propose we do the rc hack I suggested! :-) I also belive we need the "optional" keyword. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@ref.tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. Future will arrive by its own means, progress not so.