Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 20:20:30 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Kirk McKusick <mckusick@mckusick.com> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Background Fsck Message-ID: <20010329202028.S9431@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <200103290522.VAA06966@beastie.mckusick.com>; from mckusick@mckusick.com on Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 09:22:10PM -0800 References: <200103290522.VAA06966@beastie.mckusick.com>
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* Kirk McKusick <mckusick@mckusick.com> [010329 00:10] wrote: > I now have the capability in fsck_ffs to run a background fsck on an > active filesystem. The question is how to deploy this capability in > the system. I have discussed how best to deploy it with several folks > and have put together the following proposal. I am now soliciting > input from the larger `arch' audience. k, thnx :) > Also, anything listed as passno 1 will always be > done in foreground (which principally means that the root will > always be done in foreground). It will still be necessary to have > the `2F' designation rather than just using a passno of 1 to indicate > foreground checking because everything marked pass 1 is done > serially. Well, even though most common sense says not to make a giant /, people still do this, especially people coming from Linux. It would be good to be able to background check / if at all possible. -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] Represent yourself, show up at BABUG http://www.babug.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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