Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 22:02:10 -0800 From: Kirk McKusick <mckusick@mckusick.com> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Background Fsck Message-ID: <200103300602.WAA09248@beastie.mckusick.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 29 Mar 2001 21:48:28 PST." <XFMail.010329214828.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 21:48:28 -0800 (PST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Kirk McKusick <mckusick@mckusick.com> Subject: RE: Background Fsck Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@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? My plan was to make it upper case only. Do you feel that it should be one or the other or case insensitive? Unix does not generally do case insensitive. [ snip ] > Comments please. > > Kirk McKusick Sounds ok to me. :) -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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