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Date:      Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:37:15 -0700
From:      Kirk McKusick <mckusick@mckusick.com>
To:        "Mikhail T." <mi+thun@aldan.algebra.com>
Cc:        fs@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: background fsck considered harmful? (Re: panic: handle_written_inodeblock: bad size) 
Message-ID:  <201007221837.o6MIbFqv062887@chez.mckusick.com>
In-Reply-To: <4C487C73.9070709@aldan.algebra.com> 

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> Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:14:27 -0400
> From: "Mikhail T." <mi+thun@aldan.algebra.com>
> To: Kirk McKusick <mckusick@mckusick.com>
> CC: fs@freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: background fsck considered harmful?
> 
> When there is a problem with frequent FS-related panics, more attention 
> is paid to the start-up messages, I think... People are more likely to 
> see that error message, for example, than they are to study the man-page 
> (unless something directs them there).
> 
> Being "only" a ports-committer, I can not update fsck.8 -- someone else 
> would have to do that.
> 
> Also, what about updating fsck_ffs.8 -- to specify, which of the 
> inconsistencies are and aren't checked by background fsck?
> 
> Yours,
> 
>     -mi

I have updated fsck(8) and will MFC it to 8 in a week.

	Kirk McKusick



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