From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 11 21:07:50 2005 Return-Path: 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 199F016A4CE for ; Fri, 11 Mar 2005 21:07:50 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp11.wanadoo.fr (smtp11.wanadoo.fr [193.252.22.31]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C641043D49 for ; Fri, 11 Mar 2005 21:07:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr) Received: from me-wanadoo.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf1102.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 871BD1C000AC for ; Fri, 11 Mar 2005 22:07:48 +0100 (CET) Received: from pix.atkielski.com (ASt-Lambert-111-2-1-3.w81-50.abo.wanadoo.fr [81.50.80.3]) by mwinf1102.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 6C7051C000A4 for ; Fri, 11 Mar 2005 22:07:48 +0100 (CET) X-ME-UUID: 20050311210748444.6C7051C000A4@mwinf1102.wanadoo.fr Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 22:07:48 +0100 From: Anthony Atkielski X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <304320431.20050311220748@wanadoo.fr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20050311184118.GF72527@hub.freebsd.org> References: <813975182.20050311030827@wanadoo.fr> <200503111443.j2BEh2s02308@clunix.cl.msu.edu> <20050311184118.GF72527@hub.freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: fsck errors on a running system that disappear in single-user mode X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 21:07:50 -0000 Kris Kennaway writes: > Yes (single-user mode isn't the issue; the filesystem needs to be > unmounted or mounted read-only, or to be using UFS snapshots (in 5.x) > in order for fsck to have a consistent snapshot of the data that > doesn't change out from underneath it). Are UFS snapshots enabled by default on 5.x? Is this related to the snapshots taken during dump operations with the L option, or is it different? -- Anthony