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Subject: Re: fsck - Clean Bit not set. Why not?
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Eddie Irvine wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Been running FreeBSD since 2.2.2 . Have always seen
> the message "Clean Bit not set. Fix [y/n] ?"
> when running fsck.
> 
> Have dug around in the archives but can't seem
> to find anything. I get the feeling I should edit
> my /etc/fstab file.
> 
> Reason I'm asking is that FreeBSD 2.2.6-Stable
> now seems to not want to "halt" or reboot properly -
> system just hangs. . .
> 
> Or perhaps it is the PostgreSQL port that I've
> just installed??
> 
> Any pointers appreciated.
> 

If the system didn't go down cleanly, the filesystems won't be dismounted
before the reboot...

When the system comes back up - it will see the filesystem wasn't dismounted
(as it's 'clean bit' won't be set) - so it will run fsck on them... The
final question after a successful repair that fsck asks is 'Clean bit not
set on filesystem. Fix [y/n]'.

You need to find why your system doesn't shut down properly... You
_probably_ won't do much damage to the filesystems doing this (unless your
using synchronus mode, which is off by default) - but it's still not
'healthy').

Regards,

Karl Pielorz

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