Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 18:47:30 -0500 From: David Gilbert <dgilbert@dclg.ca> To: kientzle@acm.org Cc: David Gilbert <dgilbert@dclg.ca> Subject: Re: 5.1-R-p11 unable to "sync disks" when shutting down Message-ID: <16371.24594.660308.151100@canoe.dclg.ca> In-Reply-To: <3FF35F60.1070803@acm.org> References: <20031229164130.GA797@pp.htv.fi> <16370.20382.81302.449649@canoe.dclg.ca> <16371.20373.212950.533985@canoe.dclg.ca> <20031231152453.G1441@bo.vpnaa.bet> <3FF35F60.1070803@acm.org>
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>>>>> "Tim" == Tim Kientzle <kientzle@acm.org> writes: Tim> The first time fsck gets invoked by rcNG, it is given the -F flag Tim> which, according to fsck(8) does a foreground check on "all the Tim> file systems that cannot do background checking." Tim> I think that "system rebooted during a bg fsck" could qualify Tim> that FS as being unable to do background checking. What's needed Tim> is some way for fsck to mark a filesystem as having a bgfsck in Tim> progress. Then fsck -F can check for that marker. Hrm. Isn't this done? Isn't there a 'special' snapshot created by the bgfsck process? Or does this snapshot evaporate (have no links)? Dave. -- ============================================================================ |David Gilbert, Independent Contractor. | Two things can only be | |Mail: dave@daveg.ca | equal if and only if they | |http://daveg.ca | are precisely opposite. | =========================================================GLO================
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