From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 12 14:53:57 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4680A106568F for ; Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:53:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from QMTA07.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net (qmta07.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net [76.96.62.64]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECD0F8FC0C for ; Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:53:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from OMTA14.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.60]) by QMTA07.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id eASw1a00G1HzFnQ57EtG0B; Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:53:16 +0000 Received: from koitsu.dyndns.org ([69.181.141.110]) by OMTA14.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id eEth1a00c2P6wsM3aEticP; Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:53:42 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=QycZ5dHgAAAA:8 a=xPWBbVHGchd51-WQ_5cA:9 a=-f99aX9cv4eW9F68ChK-ZtTog9EA:4 a=EoioJ0NPDVgA:10 a=LY0hPdMaydYA:10 Received: by icarus.home.lan (Postfix, from userid 1000) id CD61E5C1A; Wed, 12 Nov 2008 06:53:54 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 06:53:54 -0800 From: Jeremy Chadwick To: Varshavchick Alexander Message-ID: <20081112145354.GA27790@icarus.home.lan> References: <20081112153331.K65116@comanche.metrocom.ru> <20081112124514.GA25369@icarus.home.lan> <20081112172228.B65116@comanche.metrocom.ru> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081112172228.B65116@comanche.metrocom.ru> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.4 - filesystem full X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:53:57 -0000 On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 05:26:58PM +0300, Varshavchick Alexander wrote: >> I would start by taking the machine down, booting it into single-user, >> and running fsck -y. background fsck does not catch all errors. > > Okay then, are there any ways of performing it remotely, without my going > to the data center and standing near the server for an hour while it > checks? I mean are there any civil ways, or only running reboot -qn and > praying? :) Booting into single-user via serial console, KVM, KVM-over-IP, or iLO/LOM (if HP/Compaq) is sufficient. If you have servers which are remote and you lack any of these features, I'm both surprised and not sure what to tell you. You'll encounter this problem with any OS, not just FreeBSD. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |