From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 7 01:05:05 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 12F1516A418 for ; Fri, 7 Dec 2007 01:05:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from noc@hdk5.net) Received: from guam10.hdk5.net (guam10.hdk5.net [66.180.132.235]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DAF3F13C448 for ; Fri, 7 Dec 2007 01:05:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from noc@hdk5.net) Received: from [192.168.1.29] (unknown [66.180.149.18]) by guam10.hdk5.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id D353C5C22; Thu, 6 Dec 2007 14:46:07 -1000 (HST) Message-ID: <4758979E.8070701@hdk5.net> Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 14:45:18 -1000 From: NetOpsCenter User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.9) Gecko/20061211 FreeBSD/i386 SeaMonkey/1.0.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Randy Ramsdell References: <4758180C.4060208@livedatagroup.com> <47582282.2080104@unsane.co.uk> <4758266E.6040704@livedatagroup.com> In-Reply-To: <4758266E.6040704@livedatagroup.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: Freebsd filesystem ( hard reboot ) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: noc@hdk5.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2007 01:05:05 -0000 Randy Ramsdell wrote: > 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? > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Questions on a FreeBSD reboot? Any boxes I have ever built can reboot by themselves with no human intervention. BUT SEE BELOW: This sounds like a BIOS settings issue on a box that has powered off. ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + noc@hdk5.net + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 6.* - 7.* + "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol