From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 6 16:42:24 2007 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 D5E0816A418 for ; Thu, 6 Dec 2007 16:42:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rramsdell@livedatagroup.com) Received: from mail1.livedatagroup.com (mail1.livedatagroup.com [216.154.205.166]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACAF013C457 for ; Thu, 6 Dec 2007 16:42:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rramsdell@livedatagroup.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail1.livedatagroup.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DAA24101C0C for ; Thu, 6 Dec 2007 11:42:23 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail1.livedatagroup.com ([192.168.3.224]) by localhost (mail1.livedatagroup.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 13844-09 for ; Thu, 6 Dec 2007 11:42:23 -0500 (EST) Received: from [192.168.2.132] (gw.livedatagroup.com [205.242.255.66]) by mail1.livedatagroup.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DBF242D9D for ; Thu, 6 Dec 2007 11:42:23 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <4758266E.6040704@livedatagroup.com> Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 11:42:22 -0500 From: Randy Ramsdell User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions References: <4758180C.4060208@livedatagroup.com> <47582282.2080104@unsane.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <47582282.2080104@unsane.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at livedatagroup.com Subject: Re: Freebsd filesystem ( hard reboot ) 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: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:42:24 -0000 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?