From owner-freebsd-current Sun Mar 22 16:39:26 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA08323 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Sun, 22 Mar 1998 16:39:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from Kitten.mcs.com (Kitten.mcs.com [192.160.127.90]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA08315; Sun, 22 Mar 1998 16:39:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from karl@Mars.mcs.net) Received: from Mars.mcs.net (karl@Mars.mcs.net [192.160.127.85]) by Kitten.mcs.com (8.8.7/8.8.2) with ESMTP id SAA27462; Sun, 22 Mar 1998 18:39:23 -0600 (CST) Received: (from karl@localhost) by Mars.mcs.net (8.8.7/8.8.2) id SAA15060; Sun, 22 Mar 1998 18:39:23 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <19980322183922.14684@mcs.net> Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 18:39:22 -0600 From: Karl Denninger To: Terry Lambert Cc: dyson@FreeBSD.ORG, root@danberlin.resnet.rochester.edu, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CURRENT Kernel Status References: <199803212347.SAA04236@dyson.iquest.net> <199803222342.QAA00532@usr06.primenet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84 In-Reply-To: <199803222342.QAA00532@usr06.primenet.com>; from Terry Lambert on Sun, Mar 22, 1998 at 11:42:21PM +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG It is, in some cases, broken. With the munging that was going on multiple passes were required to make the metadata self-consistent, and even then I'm not sure it was really "right". Fsck should require exactly ONE pass (possibly with "-y") to end up self-consistent. You may lose files that way, but it should never require a second run before it marks the filesystem "clean" and means it. -- -- Karl Denninger (karl@MCS.Net)| MCSNet - Serving Chicagoland and Wisconsin http://www.mcs.net/ | T1's from $600 monthly / All Lines K56Flex/DOV | NEW! Corporate ISDN Prices dropped by up to 50%! Voice: [+1 312 803-MCS1 x219]| EXCLUSIVE NEW FEATURE ON ALL PERSONAL ACCOUNTS Fax: [+1 312 803-4929] | *SPAMBLOCK* Technology now included at no cost On Sun, Mar 22, 1998 at 11:42:21PM +0000, Terry Lambert wrote: > > > If it can't, then we need to fix it (IMO). > > > > Excellent!!! A project to keep Terry out of trouble :-). > > Heh. 8-). > > I've already fixed it twice, so far; both changes were committed. > > I still don't understand how it's supposed to be broken; it seems > to me like it does the right things... > > > Terry Lambert > terry@lambert.org > --- > Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present > or previous employers. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message