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Date:      Mon, 13 Mar 2006 22:32:05 -0600
From:      "illoai@gmail.com" <illoai@gmail.com>
To:        "Ensel Sharon" <user@dhp.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: how does a system come up if you disable background fsck ?
Message-ID:  <d7195cff0603132032g7cbf776fld58dd748a85f43d0@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0603132316120.8684-100000@shell.dhp.com>
References:  <Pine.LNX.4.21.0603132316120.8684-100000@shell.dhp.com>

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On 3/13/06, Ensel Sharon <user@dhp.com> wrote:
>
> I have disabled background fsck in my /etc/rc.conf with:
>
> background_fsck=3D"no"
>
> But I am curious - what does this mean for the system if the system
> crashes ?
>
> Does this mean that the system will wait for all non root partitions to
> fully fsck before coming up into multi-user mode ?
>
> OR
>
> Does it mean the system will boot up quickly into multi-user mode, but th=
e
> non-root partitions will just not be mounted and/or usable until I fsck
> them by hand ?

Hit the power button and see for yourself.

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