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Subject: Re: Freebsd filesystem ( hard reboot )
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On Thu, 06 Dec 2007 11:42:22 -0500
Randy Ramsdell <rramsdell@livedatagroup.com> wrote:

> Vince wrote:

> > What is the value of background_fsck in /etc/rc.conf ?
> >
> >   
> This isn't set. Was is supposed to be? 

No, it's on by default, but there's an early check to determine if the
background check can be run. That depends on whether the partition
has soft-updates turned-on (the default in sysinstall), and whether
soft-updates managed to protect the partition during the shut-down. If
fsck is asking for user input, those checks would have failed.