From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 3 13:06:02 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA07539 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 3 Jan 1999 13:06:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from peedub.muc.de (newpc.muc.ditec.de [194.120.126.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA07525 for ; Sun, 3 Jan 1999 13:05:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from garyj@peedub.muc.de) Received: from peedub.muc.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by peedub.muc.de (8.9.1/8.6.9) with ESMTP id VAA02945; Sun, 3 Jan 1999 21:46:53 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: <199901032046.VAA02945@peedub.muc.de> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Graeme Tait cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: fsck -n finds errors in operating server Reply-To: Gary Jennejohn In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 03 Jan 1999 15:23:09 EST." <368FD1AD.4B@echidna.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1999 21:46:53 +0100 From: Gary Jennejohn Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Graeme Tait writes: >I have a FreeBSD/Apache web server which has been running fine for >almost 50 days since the last reboot. > >I just ran fsck -n out of curiousity, and got in part the following: > [snip] >So my first question is, how does filesystem damage (I assume the above >problems are minor and repairable) occur in this situation? Shouldn't >the kernel isolate the filesystem integrity from application problems? > >Secondly, can these problems be repaired without taking the server down? >Is it worth repairing them? (At least if the system were clean, it would >be clear if further problems occurred.) > you can not run fsck on a live file system and not expect it to show inconsistencies. don't do that :) there is no damage, it's normal. --- Gary Jennejohn Home - garyj@muc.de Work - garyj@fkr.dec.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message