From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 12 16:31:32 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8DB116A9B9 for ; Fri, 12 May 2006 16:31:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ml.diespammer@netfence.it) Received: from parrot.aev.net (parrot.aev.net [212.31.247.179]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21B4043D69 for ; Fri, 12 May 2006 16:31:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ml.diespammer@netfence.it) Received: from soth.ventu (adsl-ull-95-215.51-151.net24.it [151.51.215.95]) (authenticated bits=128) by parrot.aev.net (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k4CGYsde094454 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Fri, 12 May 2006 18:35:00 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ml.diespammer@netfence.it) Received: from [10.1.2.18] (alamar.ventu [10.1.2.18]) by soth.ventu (8.13.6/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k4CGV13Q098967; Fri, 12 May 2006 18:31:01 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ml.diespammer@netfence.it) Message-ID: <4464B84E.1060003@netfence.it> Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 18:31:10 +0200 From: Andrea Venturoli User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (X11/20060423) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Daniel Bye , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <44649FA9.6080700@netfence.it> <20060512105823.0ff46f01.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> <20060512152444.GA34035@catflap.slightlystrange.org> <4464ADF1.20705@netfence.it> <20060512161705.GB34035@catflap.slightlystrange.org> In-Reply-To: <20060512161705.GB34035@catflap.slightlystrange.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.53 on 212.31.247.179 Cc: Subject: Re: fsck way too slow X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 16:31:35 -0000 Daniel Bye wrote: > Yeah, I realise that. I'm afraid I don't know why fsck should take so > long on your disk. Chuck suggested some things you might try, though. Yeah, sorry, my fault. I intended to answer on the ml, but instead I mailed him privately. > It sounds to me like it might be failing hardware, but you need to try > some diagnostics, and not take my word for it! I had run other tests before, as well as what Chuck suggested: my drive is not failing. Also, fsck in multiuser mode takes 1/50 of what it needs at boot. I've tried putting the thread back on the ml... bye & Thanks av.