From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Jan 4 21:39:15 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id VAA04575 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 4 Jan 1998 21:39:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from word.smith.net.au (vh1.gsoft.com.au [203.38.152.122]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id VAA04517 for ; Sun, 4 Jan 1998 21:38:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Received: from word (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA01099; Mon, 5 Jan 1998 16:00:00 +1030 (CST) Message-Id: <199801050530.QAA01099@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Warner Losh cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Musing on boot In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 04 Jan 1998 21:40:19 PDT." <199801050440.VAA25521@harmony.village.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 05 Jan 1998 16:00:00 +1030 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > > > The idea is to have a list of file systems that *MUST* be present for > the system to come up. These files systems are fsck'd and mounted > synchronously. All the rest of the file systems have a fsck kicked > off in the background, and a mount done when that fsck happens to > finish. List the "optional" filesystems in /etc/fstab with '0' fsck pass values and 'noauto' mount options, then put fsck && mount & for each filesystem in /etc/rc.local > I thought I'd bounce it off hackers. It seems like such a simple idea > that something must be wrong with it. It's certainly not new. 8) > P.S. Code to follow if there appears to be interest... I would be inclined to suggest that an option to mount_ffs(8) that automatically fsck'ed a filesystem before mounting it would be a good way to go. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\