From owner-freebsd-arch Thu Mar 29 21:49: 9 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from meow.osd.bsdi.com (meow.osd.bsdi.com [204.216.28.88]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 613AF37B722 for ; Thu, 29 Mar 2001 21:49:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from laptop.baldwin.cx (john@jhb-laptop.osd.bsdi.com [204.216.28.241]) by meow.osd.bsdi.com (8.11.2/8.11.2) with ESMTP id f2U5mkG52392; Thu, 29 Mar 2001 21:48:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.4.0 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <200103290522.VAA06966@beastie.mckusick.com> Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 21:48:28 -0800 (PST) From: John Baldwin To: Kirk McKusick Subject: RE: Background Fsck Cc: arch@FreeBSD.org Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 29-Mar-01 Kirk McKusick 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. > > The default will be automatic background fsck of filesystems > running with soft updates. It will be possible to override this > default by adding the letter `F' to the passno in /etc/fstab > (e.g., saying `2F' means do it in the second pass before going > multiuser). Uppercase or either case? [ snip ] > Comments please. > > Kirk McKusick Sounds ok to me. :) -- John Baldwin -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message