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Cc: Patrick Donnelly <pjd@batbytes.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: power failure, boot, and fsck
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>
> fsck does run automatically when a filesystem does not get shut down
> cleanly.  However, fsck cannot fix all of the problems a filesystem can
> experience without risk of loss of data.  In those cases, there is no
> option but to stop and ask the operator to intervene.

fsck_y_enable=YES in rc.conf



>
> Your best bet is to avoid an unclean shutdown entirely.  Buy a UPS.
>
> 	Cheers,
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> 	Matthew
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