Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 11:42:22 -0500 From: Randy Ramsdell <rramsdell@livedatagroup.com> To: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Freebsd filesystem ( hard reboot ) Message-ID: <4758266E.6040704@livedatagroup.com> In-Reply-To: <47582282.2080104@unsane.co.uk> References: <4758180C.4060208@livedatagroup.com> <47582282.2080104@unsane.co.uk>
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Vince wrote: > Randy Ramsdell wrote: > >> We started using FreeBSD for some network monitoring, but have found >> that a hard reboot forces us to answer filesytem questions on boot. Is >> there a way to mount each filesystem without this? Or how can we use >> FreeBSD in a remote location without needing to intervene in >> situatutions like this? >> >> > > This is unusual in my experience, part of the charm of FreeBSD for me is > how rarely I have had to interact with fsck thanks to the whole > background fsck thing. What version of FreeBSD are you using? > > Assuming a 5.x or later since you say you've started to use FreeBSD. > > I am fairly sure it is v6.2 > What is the value of background_fsck in /etc/rc.conf ? > > This isn't set. Was is supposed to be? So far, I have only installed applications we need. And everything seem fine except the reboot issue. This will be an offsite system so I do not want human intervention on boot for power outages or hard reboots. > You can also try setting fsck_y_enable="YES" in rc.conf (this will do > fsck -y if the initial preen fails.) > > I will use this. Do you mean by try, that this will work? I assume so. Thanks Vince! Oh, Is there a way to not receive 2 messages for every reply to this thread?
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